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Medicine, 2018 Rationale: Streptococcus viridans, a heterogeneous group of alpha-hemolytic streptococci, is part of the normal flora of the mouth, usually responsible for dental caries (Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguinis), and pericoronitis, as well as for ...
V. Bîrluțiu, R. Birlutiu, V. Costache
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Orthodontic Retainers—A Critical Review
Children, 2023 The achievement of aesthetic, functional occlusion should not mark the end of the orthodontic intervention. To prevent relapse, retention needs advance planning, and may vary in duration.
Ioannis Lyros +6 more
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Periodontal health knowledge and awareness among subjects with fixed orthodontic appliance
Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, 2018 Objective: To report on periodontal health knowledge and awareness among orthodontic patients and to investigate the effect of age, attitude and duration of orthodontic treatment on periodontal health awareness among orthodontic patients.
E. Abu-Alhaija +2 more
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Changes in quality of life during orthodontic correction of midline diastema
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2014 Aim: The aim of our study is to evaluate the changes in quality of life among patients treated for maxillary midline diastema by fixed orthodontic appliances. Materials and Methods: This prospective longitudinal study consists of 40 patients of age group
S Nagalakshmi +3 more
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Progress in orthodontics, 2017 BackgroundTorque of the maxillary incisors is crucial to occlusal relationship and esthetics and can be influenced by many factors. The aim of this study was to assess the relative influence of the material of the orthodontic appliance (adhesive, bracket,
S. Papageorgiou +4 more
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Clasps in Removable Orthodontics
Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2014 The success of removable orthodontic appliance mainly depends upon good retention of the appliance. Adequate retention of a removable orthodontic appliance is achieved by incorporating certain wire components, called clasp, which engages the undercuts on
Mustapha Mansuri, Varun Pratap Singh
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Managing oral biofilms to avoid enamel demineralization during fixed orthodontic treatment
The Korean Journal of Orthodontics, 2023 Enamel demineralization represents the most prevalent complication arising from fixed orthodontic treatment. Its main etiology is the development of cariogenic biofilms formed around orthodontic appliances.
Jung-Sub An, Bum-Soon Lim, Sug-Joon Ahn
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Tooth movement and vascularity of the dental pulp: a pilot study
Australasian Orthodontic Journal, 1999 The effect of orthodontic tooth movement on the dental pulp was assessed histologically in twelve subjects. The participants in this study required the extraction of at least two maxillary first premolars for orthodontic treatment.
Wong Voon-Sam +3 more
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Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2014 Introduction: Treatment with fixed orthodontic appliance sometimes cause the oral mucosa lesion, known as a traumatic ulcer. The purpose of this research is to see the distribution of traumatic ulcer on the patient with a fixed orthodontic appliance in ...
Gusti Akbari +2 more
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European Journal of Orthodontics, 2019 BACKGROUND Patient perception with fixed appliance orthodontic treatment is important to improve oral health-related quality of life. OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of labial fixed appliance orthodontic care on ...
Yassir A. Yassir, G. McIntyre, D. Bearn
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