Publications by authors named "Valentina Rutili"
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.
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.
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.
Background: No systematic review and meta-analysis are present in the literature comparing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in rapid maxillary expansion (RME) versus slow maxillary expansion (SME) in growing patients.
Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to compare PROMs in RME versus SME in growing patients.
Materials And Methods: Electronic search in PubMed (MEDLINE), Cochrane Library, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, and OpenGrey was conducted.
Background: Skeletally anchored facemask has been proposed to maximize skeletal effects and minimize dental effects in the treatment of Class III malocclusion in growing patients.
Objective: To compare the dento-skeletal effects produced by the facemask with or without skeletal anchorage for the treatment of Class III malocclusion in growing patients.
Materials And Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, and OpenGrey were used for the electronic search without language, publication status, and year restrictions.
Background: No systematic review and meta-analysis of dento-skeletal effects following rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and slow maxillary expansion (SME) using the same jackscrew expander with different activation protocols is available.
Objective: To compare dento-skeletal effects produced by RME with those induced by SME using the same fixed jackscrew expanders in growing patients.
Search Methods: PubMed (MEDLINE), Cochrane Library, Scopus, Embase, and OpenGrey were searched with no language or publication date restrictions.
Objective: To analyse the craniofacial growth of a long-term semi-longitudinal sample of Caucasian subjects with untreated Class III malocclusion.
Setting And Sample Population: A total of 144 Caucasian subjects (of North American and Italian origin) with untreated Class III malocclusion.
Materials And Methods: Subjects aged 2 years and 9 months up to 21 years and 7 months were selected.