Fractal analysis of mandibular trabecular pattern following protraction facemask therapy : A pilot study.

Objective: To assess the remodeling effects of protraction facemask therapy on the trabecular pattern of the mandible and identify quantitatively the regions of the mandible undergoing maximum changes in the trabecular pattern.

Materials And Methods: The retrospective study was conducted in 30 subjects divided into two groups. The treatment group (group 1) consisted of 15 subjects with skeletal class III malocclusion treated with a facemask (mean age: 9.

Association, diagnostic accuracy and optimal threshold of salivary IGF-1 and vitamin DBP levels for estimation of pubertal growth spurt: A cross sectional study.

Aim: To determine the association of salivary IGF-1 and vitamin D Binding Protein with cervical vertebral maturation index (CVMI) across the pubertal stages and to determine the diagnostic accuracy and optimal threshold of these biomarkers for estimation of pubertal growth.

Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting: Material and methods.

Non-invasive methods for the assessment of biomarkers and their correlation with radiographic maturity indicators - a scoping review.

Background: Detection of skeletal maturity is vital in orthodontic treatment timing and planning. Traditional methods include hand-wrist radiography and cervical vertebral maturation index (CVMI). Though the radiographic methods are well established and routinely used to assess skeletal maturation, they carry the drawback of subjective perception and low reproducibility.

Areca nut, energy metabolism and hunger in Asian men.

Background: The nut of the Areca catechu palm has long been attributed effects on hunger and the digestive process.

Objectives: The objectives were to assess experimentally effects of areca nut on fasting and postprandial energy metabolism, substrate utilization and hunger.

Subjects And Methods: Two randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind studies were undertaken.