Publications by authors named "V Giuntini"
Background: This prospective two-center case series feasibility study aimed to investigate the potential of a novel maxillary protraction facemask customized to the patients' anatomy recorded with 3D face scanning and then produced by digital design and additive manufacturing.
Methods: Ten subjects (5 females and 5 males, average age 7.7±1.
Objectives: The objective of this single-use, five-treatment, five-period, cross-over randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to compare the efficacy in dental plaque removal of a new Y-shaped automatic electric toothbrush (Y-brush) compared to a U-shaped automatic electric toothbrush (U-brush), a manual toothbrushing procedure (for 45 and 120 s), and no brushing (negative control).
Materials And Methods: Eligible participants were volunteer students randomized to the treatments in the five periods of the study. The primary outcome measure was the reduction in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS) after brushing while the secondary outcome variable was a visual analogic scale (VAS) on subjective clean mouth sensation.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to compare the facial soft tissue changes caused by rapid maxillary expansion (RME) versus slow maxillary expansion (SME) in patients with a transverse dental discrepancy.
- - Fourteen patients underwent RME and another fourteen underwent SME, with significant findings indicating that RME resulted in a larger nasal width change (1.3 mm) and intercanthal width increase (0.7 mm) compared to SME.
- - While various facial dimensions like mouth width and lip angles showed no significant differences, RME resulted in notable forward displacement of nasal landmarks and downward displacement of lower lip landmarks, suggesting more pronounced effects on nasal and lip structuring compared to SME.
Long-term effects produced by early treatment of Class III malocclusion with rapid maxillary expansion and facemask followed by fixed appliances: A multicentre retro-prospective controlled study.
Orthod Craniofac Res
June 2024
Objective: To assess the short- and long-term dentoskeletal effects of early Class III treatment with rapid maxillary expansion and facemask (RME/FM) followed by fixed appliances.
Materials And Methods: A total of 44 patients (27 females, 17 males) treated consecutively with RME/FM were included from the archives of 3 centres. Three lateral cephalograms were available: T0 (before the start of RME/FM therapy, mean age 8.
Long-Term Assessment of Treatment Timing for Rapid Maxillary Expansion and Facemask Therapy Followed by Fixed Appliances: A Multicenter Retro-Prospective Study.
J Clin Med
November 2023
Background: to determine the role of treatment timing in the long-term effects produced by rapid maxillary expansion and facemask therapy (RME/FM) in Class III patients.
Methods: This study compared two sample groups treated with RME/FM followed by fixed appliances: the early prepubertal group (EPG) (17 patients; mean age before treatment (T0), 5.8 ± 0.