3M Unitek recently announced the launch of AlastiK Lingual Ligatures, the first ligatures specifically designed for the Incognito Appliance System. Enabling faster and easier ligation, AlastiK Lingual ...

Models were constructed to include the mandible, teeth, periodontal ligament (PDL), and clear aligners with buccal wings. Five oral muscles (superficial masseter, deep masseter, medial temporalis, ...

Introduction: Patients with Class II, division 1 malocclusion generally seek treatment to improve facial esthetics. Therefore, the orthodontist needs to know the changes in the soft profile produced ...

Introduction Compensatory mouth breathing, caused by nasopharyngeal obstructive diseases, is the main cause of hyperdivergent mandibular retrognathia in children. Such deformities require effective ...

Enabling faster and easier ligation, the ligatures are the latest upgrades to the Incognito system, including Incognito clear precision trays and customization for the Forsus fatigue resistant device, ...

In this month’s Total Orthodontics, Zaid Esmail discusses the benefits of using fixed functional appliances when treating skeletal discrepancies compared to a Twin Block appliance. My first article ...

The Forsus™ showed positive effects on the maxillary incisors and first molars as well as overjet and overbite. However, multiple negative effects were reported on the occlusal plane and lower ...

Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline (Pubmed), Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, LILACS database and bibliographies of clinical trials encountered during search. There ...

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