Purpose: Periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics (PAOO) is a relatively new clinical procedure that combines selective alveolar corticotomy, particulate bone grafting and application of orthodontic force. The purpose of this study…
Introduction: The chin and nasal projection are two important contributory factors in establishing an aesthetically pleasing facial profile. However, conventional sliding genioplasty can produce paraesthesia and a notch at the…
Midface hypoplasia is a common developmental problem in cleft palate patients, 30–40% of these patients requires surgery during adolescence. Generally with the maxillary advancement, the soft palate moves forward altering…
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was first recognized in 1961 and since then, it has caused countless infections and deaths worldwide. In the early 1980s, community acquired strains of MRSA emerged…
Introduction and background: Facial asymmetries are various and complex in the patients in associated with mandibular prognathism especially. Various tools have been proposed to offer reliable diagnosis and surgical protocols…
Orthognathic patients main concern is an overall improval on facial aesthetics, maintaining obviously the function of the jaws. Surgical planning is carried out, trying to achieve, the correct functional and…
Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the craneocervical posture (Rocabado’s cephalometric analysis), in lateral cephs, of class II and class III patients treated with orthognathic surgery. Material…
Introduction: Endoscopic assisted surgery has become increasingly accepted in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery over the past decade. The literature describes its use in brow and mid face…
Aim: Orthodontist and surgeon should work in close contact during orthodontic-surgical treatments. Unfortunately, sometimes this does not happen and orthodontics goes in a direction opposite to the ideal one. An…
Aim: Variations of occlusal plane inclination (pitch) are paramount for final patient’s profile in bimaxillary orthognathic surgery (convex/concave appearance). It is however difficult to have correspondence of occlusal plane inclination…
