To evaluate dento-skeletal changes following conventional anchorage molar distalization therapy in adult patients. Thirty-three adult patients (25 females, mean age 23 years 1 month; and 8 males, mean age 28 years 3 months) were recruited from 4 Board Certified specialists (multicentre study). All subjects underwent molar distalization therapy using intraoral non-compliance distalizing appliances (Pendulum, Distal […]
Chiropractor claims that young people who spend hours hunched over electronic devices are seriously damaging their necks and spines, as witnessed by the rise in cases of ‘text neck’ Boy using a mobile phone under his desk at school Photo: Alamy Children as young as seven are developing hunchbacks and curved spines because of the […]
Introduction Speech-language and audiological intervention, specifically in Orofacial motricity, is based on action on structural and functional aspects of the orofacial and cervical regions. This intervention covers from the aspect of patient awareness to the rehabilitation of the changed aspects in structural and functional terms. Therefore, among the methods used are isometric and isotonic speech […]
The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the effects of conventional Hyrax screw treatment and memory screw treatment on skeletal and dentoalveolar structures. Thirty-two patients with maxillary transversal deficiency were divided into two groups. The memory-screw group included 17 patients (nine females and eight males), while the Hyrax-screw group comprised 15 […]
Abstract The aim of this study was to describe the mechanical behaviour of the periodontal ligament (PDL) in response to loading with different forces for a period of 5 hours. Seven young adult male beagle dogs (age 1.0–1.5 years) were used. After extractions and placement of implants, custom-made appliances on both sides of the mandible […]
Within this site are several well-supported texts discussing how external influences in the modern environment are leading to a lengthening of the anterior facial skeleton. This is well illustrated if you compare the tracing of a primitive skull shape with a modern average such as is used by orthodontists when they are planning treatment (see […]
In the 1800’s, parents began to be concerned about the increasing number of children developing with crowded and irregular teeth and set back jaws. In the US, a dentist named Edward Angle, developed a method for straightening teeth by fixing wires to them and pulling them with screws and ligatures onto a larger wire, which […]
