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Treatment of adult patients with Class III malocclusion frequently requires a combined orthodontic and surgical approach. However, if for various reasons, nonsurgical orthodontic treatment is chosen, a stable outcome requires...
OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed the morphologic changes of the fourth cervical vertebra body to determine the skeletal age of orthodntic patients during growth.
METHODS: Eighty-one female patients aged from 11 to...
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to analyze the primary and secondary stability characteristics of orthodontic mini-screws of tapered design when compared with the cylinder mini-screw.
METHODS: A total of 48 mini-screws...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the initial lateral cephalometric characteristics in two groups of patients: those that had mandibular setback surgery only and those that had...
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the skeletal and dentoalveolar changes after intrusion of maxillary posterior teeth using miniscrew implants during the treatment and posttreatment period.
METHOD: The subjects consisted of 11 adults...
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the displacement pattern and the stress distribution of the finite element model 3-D visualization during symphyseal widening according to the osteotomy...