Obstructive sleep apnea: Early and "super early" treatment
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a multifaceted sleep-disordered breathing with many associated symptoms and comorbidities. OSA is recognized as a universal health problem and imposes significant healthcare costs on societies in many countries. Medically, continuous positive airway pressure therapy is the golden standard of treatment, while dentally, oral appliances and maxillofacial surgery may also be used for treatment. As orthodontic treatment has become a means of medical care that affects not only the oral and maxillofacial regions but also quality of life, orthodontists are increasingly focusing their attention on O...
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - March 20, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Takashi Ono Source Type: research
Root development and morphology of impacted maxillary central incisors due to obstruction: a CBCT study
Impaction of the maxillary central incisors has a low prevalence of 0.06%-0.20%.1 Its etiology, when known, is either obstruction in the path of eruption or trauma to the dentofacial complex. Obstructions can be hard tissue (supernumeraries, odontomata), soft tissue (cysts, tumors) or the presence of an abnormal crown or root form of the unerupted tooth itself.2 (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - March 20, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: S Chaushu, T Weill, L Perillo, A Becker, E Dekel, R Abdalla-Aslan, C Nadler Source Type: research
Orthodontic treatment: Getting the timing right
The merits of early treatment has been subject to vociferous debate within orthodontics. We discuss the relative merits of early intervention in relation to the correction of intra- and inter-arch problems allied to skeletal discrepancy in all three spatial planes. Prior to initiating early treatment, the associated burden and potential yield should be considered. In particular, early intervention may be appropriate if it will either lead to early correction, the aversion of problems (e.g., pathological root resorption) or simplification of a later definitive treatment phase. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - March 17, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Padhraig S. Fleming, James Andrews Source Type: research
Orthodontic Treatment: Getting the timing right.
The merits of early treatment has been subject to vociferous debate within orthodontics. We discuss the relative merits of early intervention in relation to the correction of intra- and inter-arch problems allied to skeletal discrepancy in all three spatial planes. Prior to initiating early treatment, the associated burden and potential yield should be considered. In particular, early intervention may be appropriate if it will either lead to early correction, the aversion of problems (e.g., pathological root resorption) or simplification of a later definitive treatment phase. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - March 17, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Prof. Padhraig S. Fleming, Dr James Andrews Source Type: research
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Contemporary Orthodontic Workflows: A Panacea for Efficiency?
We remember a conversation with a senior orthodontic colleague who said, “At this point as we speak, around 10,000 brackets are being bonded and the same number of aero planes are taking off or landing in the world, where do you think we experience more errors- in bracket positions or with the air-planes?” The answer is obvious to most of us! The first flight by the Wright Brothers was on December 17, 1903- approximately around the same time as Orthodontics, a specialty was finding its feet. The relatively error-free systems that aviation has adopted have contributed to the consistency with which efficacy is attained i...
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - February 20, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Nikhilesh R. Vaid, Samar M. Adel Source Type: research
Virtual-First: A virtual workflow for new patient consultation, engagement and education in orthodontics
Virtual-First is a new patient enquiry system and workflow to provide a screening virtual orthodontic consultation to a potential orthodontic patient. The workflows and systems presented in this paper are an example of how virtual technologies can be integrated by an orthodontic practice, as an additional supplement, to provide a more engaged, educational and screening model for new patients potentially reducing time and costs that are associated with existing traditional orthodontic consultation models. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - February 16, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Vandana Katyal, Nikhilesh Vaid Source Type: research
Virtual-First: A virtual workflow for new patient consultation, engagement, and education in orthodontics
Virtual-First is a new patient enquiry system and workflow to provide a screening virtual orthodontic consultation to a potential orthodontic patient. The workflows and systems presented in this paper are an example of how virtual technologies can be integrated by an orthodontic practice, as an additional supplement, to provide a more engaged, educational and screening model for new patients potentially reducing time and costs that are associated with existing traditional orthodontic consultation models. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - February 16, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Vandana Katyal, Nikhilesh Vaid Source Type: research
Nanotechnology in Orthodontics
Nanotechnology has become a buzz word in recent times although the history of nanotechnology can be traced back to 1959 when Richard Feyman spoke about the process of manipulating atoms and molecules to create smaller particles,although at that time it was merely a theoretical concept since the technology for doing so was not available then . The term nanotechnology itself was first coined in 1974 in an article written by Noria Taniguchi from the university of Tokyo. Some scientists however believe that nanotechnology has been unwittingly used for thousands of years for instance in steel and paintings. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - January 31, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Dr. Sridevi Padmanabhan Source Type: research
Evaluation of SARDAC Technique during En-masse Retraction in Lingual Orthodontics
: To evaluate the predictability of (SARDAC) technique regarding torque control and vertical movement during en-masse retraction in lingual orthodontics. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - January 29, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Ahmed Kandil, Sherif A Elkordybhelped, Amr Labibchelped, Winfried Harzerdhelped, Christoph Bourauelesupervised Source Type: research
White Spot Lesions: Biomaterials, Workflows and Protocols
The development of White Spot Lesions (WSLs) after completion of treatment is immensely discouraging to a specialty whose ultimate goal is to improve dentofacial aesthetics. This paper highlights state-of-the-art biomaterials that are used in the prevention, progression and treatment of WSLs, in the form of workflows to guide a clinician in decision-making at different treatment timings; before, during and after treatment. Scholarly literature has been screened until November 2022 for studies that assessed WSLs management. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - January 18, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Samar M. Adel, Nadia El-Harouni, Nikhilesh R. Vaid Source Type: research
White Spot Lesions: State of the Art Biomaterials and Workflows used in Prevention, Progression and Treatment
The development of White Spot Lesions (WSLs) after completion of treatment is immensely discouraging to a specialty whose ultimate goal is to improve dentofacial aesthetics. This paper highlights state-of-the-art biomaterials that are used in prevention, progression and treatment of WSLs, in the form of workflows to guide a clinician in decision making at different treatment timings; before, during and after treatment. Scholarly literature has been screened until November 2022 for studies that assessed WSLs management. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - January 18, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Samar M. Adel, Nadia El-Harouni, Nikhilesh R. Vaid Source Type: research
Seamless workflows for in-house aligner fabrication
In-house aligner systems (IHAs), alternatively known as in-office aligners (IOA), in the strictest sense, refer to clear aligner systems wherein every aspect of the aligner fabrication from digital treatment planning (DTP) to the delivery of the orthodontic care is managed in the orthodontic office itself. Although still in its nascent stages, increased accessibility to chairside intra-oral scanners and office-based 3D printers, rapid advances in DTP software and aligner fabrication materials, have all helped the cost-effective concept of fabricating aligners in orthodontic offices, take a definite shape. (Source: Seminars in Orthodontics)
Source: Seminars in Orthodontics - January 18, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Digant Thakkar, Akim Benattia, Yashodhan M. Bichu, Bingshuang Zou, Juan Fernando Aristizabal, Dhaval Fadia, Nikhilesh R. Vaid Source Type: research
