Download or read book Long Term Functional Breathing Improvement Following Maxillary Skeletal Expander Treatment written by Andrew Combs and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maxillary transverse deficiency is a highly prevalent skeletal problem characterized by a narrow maxilla in relation to the mandible. Although the etiology is multifactorial, the malocclusion develops during facial growth and usually progresses to the permanent dentition if there is no intervention. Furthermore, serious health problems are thought to be related to the occlusal disharmony including narrowing of the pharyngeal airway and nasal cavity, increased nasal resistance, and alteration of tongue posture.In patients with the desire to avoid surgery, a new design of palatal expansion termed the Maxillary Skeletal Expander (MSE) has been utilized to achieve maxillary expansion. MSE utilizes bone borne temporary anchorage devices (TADs) to expand maxillary transverse deficient patients with an interdigitated palatal suture. A preliminary study performed at UCLA demonstrated that patients treated with MSE had significant breathing improvement immediately following skeletal expansion. This study investigated the long-term effects of MSE in airway improvement using peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF), peak oral inspiratory flow (POIF), and subjective measures of breathing such as the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE). We examined seventeen patients at the UCLA Orthodontics Clinic at three timepoints: pre-expansion (T0), post-expansion (T1), and post orthodontic treatment (T2). Following MSE expansion, increases in PNIF total, PNIF left, PNIF right and POIF total were found to be significantly improved at the post orthodontic timepoint T2 when compared to T0. Also, VAS total, VAS left, and VAS right were significantly improved at T2 showing a decrease in the feeling of troubled breathing. Additionally, several of the objective and subjective clinical measures positively correlate with the magnitude of expansion determined by critical landmarks on Cone beam computed tomography radiographs (CBCTs). Overall, MSE treatment produces an increased objective and subjective airway improvement that continues to remain stable post expansion. Based on the clinical improvement and correlations with CBCT data, MSE offers a non-surgical alternative to achieve skeletal expansion that may benefit patients with airway issues.

Download or read book Functional Breathing Improvement Following Treatment with Maxillary Skeletal Expander written by Boshi Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving breathing for patients with obstructed airway has been heavily researched in recent years but continues to be a challenge clinically for medical practitioners including otolaryngologists, plastic surgeons, and dentists. In children with enlarged tonsils, adenotonsillectomy, partial tonsillectomy and lingual tonsillectomy are effective treatments. There are also various non-surgical treatments for obstructive sleep apnea in children including intra-nasal steroids, other anti-inflammatory medications, and oral appliances, but none of them are proven to be safe and effective. Various forms of rapid maxillary expansion have demonstrated airway improvement but further studies are necessary to show consistent and reproducible results. The Maxillary Skeletal Expander (MSE), anchored by four palatal mini-implants, has become an increasingly more common option for patients who may not respond to traditional RME. Additionally, expansion of the maxilla by the MSE occurs more by horizontal translation and less tipping than a RME expander. The goal of the study is to investigate the role of MSE in airway improvement using objective measurements including Peak Nasal Inspiratory Flow (PNIF) and Peak Oral Inspiratory Flow (POIF) as well as subjective measures of breathing such as the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE). Furthermore, nasal septum deviation will be measured and correlated with objective measurements of breathing. The results indicated that MSE produced improved functional breathing. Following MSE treatment, increases in total PNIF, left PNIF and right PNIF were significant at p

Download or read book Rapid Maxillary Expansion written by Donald J. Timms and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cleft and Craniofacial Orthodontics written by Pradip R. Shetye and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive reference work for managing patients with orofacial clefts and complex craniofacial conditions from birth to skeletal maturity Cleft and Craniofacial Orthodontics is a comprehensive and detailed reference work on the management of patients with orofacial clefts and complex craniofacial conditions. Covering patients ranging from birth to skeletal maturity, the book provides orthodontists, plastic and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, speech and language therapist, pediatric dentists, and prosthodontists with the information they need to evaluate and treat these conditions. Highlighting the multidisciplinary team approach, the book aids clinicians in developing a complete plan for their patients. Each chapter is organized to reflect clinical practice, making it easy to apply the information to the treatment setting. Additionally, a companion website offers video clips of surgical and orthodontic procedures to further aid in reader comprehension and application. Sample topics covered within the work include: Introduction to orofacial clefting: cleft lip and palate anatomy, cleft types and classification, epidemiology, and genetics of cleft lip and palate Early management of orofacial clefting: prenatal diagnosis and counselling, feeding infants with clefts, and development of nasoalveolar molding therapy Orthodontic treatment: interceptive orthodontics, management of anteroposterior and transverse discrepancies, preparation for alveolar bone grafting, and combined orthodontic-orthognathic management. Orthodontic and multidisciplinary management of twenty complex craniofacial conditions including craniofacial microsomia, Treacher-Collins syndrome, and syndromic craniosynostosis Orthodontists, plastic surgeons, craniofacial surgeons, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, speech and language therapist, pediatric dentists, prosthodontists, and otolaryngologists can use this book to attain essential knowledge on managing patients with orofacial clefts and complex craniofacial conditions and understand how to apply that knowledge to practical patient settings.

Download or read book Neuromuscular Orthodontics written by Fabio Savastano and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical guide for applying neuromuscular principles to orthodontics. It is designed to meet the needs of dental students and practitioners. The book provides a solid foundation in neuromuscular dentistry, explaining the basic anatomy and ideal functioning of the mouth and jaw. It covers important techniques like mandibular tracking, TENS, and surface EMG, which are used for diagnosing, planning treatment, and monitoring progress. The last chapter features case studies with Kinesiography, showing the long-term outcomes after treatment. The information in the book is presented clearly and written in an easy-to-understand style.

Download or read book Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy written by George A. Mandelaris and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers all aspects of Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy and is intended to guide practitioners involved in dental interdisciplinary therapy to managing complex cases. It demonstrates the next level of collaboration through managing core problems of the patients and planning cases using digital dentistry for enhanced disclosed and more ideal outcomes. Methods for regaining space appropriation and dentoalveolar bone engineering are illustrated. Emphasis is placed on corticotomy assisted orthodontic therapy and 3D planning in order to help practitioner to achieve outcomes that were previously unrecognized. The book is written by leading experts in the field and is a rich source for periodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists and restorative clinicians interested in the subject.

Download or read book New concept for Class III treatment in 21 Days written by Jenny Chen Chung and published by JIH I ENTERPRISE. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to my mentor and role model, Dr. T. M. Graber. An outstanding teacher is not only a leader but a patient listener. Dr. Graber had an uncanny ability to engage all students in the learning process. As a role model, he was able to influence students not only in academics but within the community as well. His investment and attention to my own works with RME activation has become the crowning achievement of my career: the importance of changing tongue posture by using RME with chin cup to open the airway and avoid the tongue encroaching the mandible to decelerate the mandibular growth and also enhance the maxilla and nasal bone advancement. It would be possible to change the children's growth pattern. We have paid so much attention to the dentition and the skeleton that we sometimes forgot the major impact the tongue can do to affect the malocclusion. To treat patients with maxillary deficiency, mandibular prognathism, or a combination of both is always a challenge. The focus of this text is to introduce an orthodontic therapy provided to mixed dentition patients and adolescents. The goals of early treatment are to: (1) prevent progressive, irreversible soft-tissue or bony changes; (2) improve skeletal discrepancies and provide a more favorable environment for normal growth; (3) improve occlusal function; (4) enhance and possibly shorten phase II comprehensive treatment; (5) avoid anterior crowding and cuspids impaction; (6) and, provide more pleasing facial esthetics, thus improving the psychosocial development of the child; and (7) improve the patient's respiration by changing their breathing pattern from an oral to a nasal approach. As orthodontists, we should take heed on this principle and consider the possibility of redirecting the growth pattern and improving the patient's respiration by changing their breathing pattern from an oral to a nasal approach. Perhaps, you should give this a try.

Download or read book Cleft Lip and Palate written by Samuel Berkowitz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-20 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the treatment concepts in several areas of cleft involvement. This text consists of longitudinal facial and palatal growth studies of dental casts, photographs, panorexes and cephalographs from birth to adolescence. Throughout the growth and treatment concepts, the need for differential diagnosis in treatment planning has been underscored.

Download or read book The Herbst Appliance written by Hans Pancherz and published by Quintessence Publishing (IL). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a research-based book on the clinical use of the Herbst appliance in the management of Class 2 malocclusions. Different clinical problems and questions are addressed in the light of the corresponding research existing. Thus, in contrast to other Class 2 alternative treatments, the Herbst appliance approach is based on scientific research.

Download or read book Rethinking Rhinoplasty and Facial Surgery written by Howard D. Stupak and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a novel logic-based, simplified understanding and approach to the external nose and face for aesthetics, airway, and sleep treatments that have mostly been under-recognized in the past. Key features of the text include an engineer’s approach to simple rhinoplasty, (Release, Resize, Reposition, Reinforce) instead of the typical step-wise procedure algorithm. It also includes a logical explanation of how facial skeletal anatomy is the true cause of sleep apnea and aesthetic deformity with the physics and evidence of how this works, and a review of conventional rhinoplasty/facial structural treatments, with an analysis of why these are flawed and need improvement. Finally, rhinoplasty surgical strategy is discussed using a Rhinoplasty Compass(TM) diagram. Rethinking Rhinoplasty and Facial Surgery appeals to the surgeon who has grown frustrated with the aesthetic and breathing results of the conventional treatment paradigm. It also appeals to the otolaryngologist, plastic or oral surgeon who avoids working on the external nose and nasal valve because of the perceived complexity of graft-style rhinoplasty or oversimplicity and limitations of basic septoplasty and turbinate reduction. This book provides a hybrid approach to the nose and face that provides more reliable and straightforward outcomes via an understanding of framework.

Download or read book Integrated Clinical Orthodontics written by Vinod Krishnan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated Clinical Orthodontics provides an important new resource on the clinical interactions between the practice of orthodontics and other areas of clinical dentistry and medicine. Having at its heart the paradigm of patient-centred care, the book not only integrates the knowledge, skills, and experience of all the disciplines of dentistry and medicine, but also eases the work of orthodontists in arriving at an accurate diagnosis and a comprehensive treatment plan. Presented in a highly visual and practical format, Integrated Clinical Orthodontics uses clinical case presentations to illustrate the rationale and application of the integrated approach to a variety of clinical scenarios. Integrated Clinical Orthodontics covers areas of complexity in clinical orthodontics, specifically the role of the orthodontist as a member of a multidisciplinary team. The book outlines and details the management of congenital orofacial deformities, sleep disorders, esthetic smile creation and temporomandibular joint problems, and additionally and importantly includes specific protocols for effective communication with experts in other specialties.

Download or read book Handbook of Orthodontics E Book written by Martyn T. Cobourne and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Orthodontics offers a concise and accessible overview of the scientific and clinical basis of orthodontics.This popular textbook explores the concepts of occlusion and malocclusion, craniofacial development, postnatal growth and development of the dentition. It takes the reader through the principles of patient examination, orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning - with detailed chapters on the management of malocclusion, dentofacial orthopaedics, fixed appliances, skeletal anchorage, aligner systems and orthognathic surgery. There is a strong emphasis on evidence-based medicine throughout, with a dedicated chapter outlining the theoretical basis of good clinical research and critical appraisal, with summaries of the latest clinical evidence throughout the book.A clear writing style and the inclusion of over 500 high-quality illustrations make the Handbook a defining text for postgraduate students training for specialist exams and dental undergraduates wanting to learn more about clinical orthodontics. - Covers the theoretical basis of orthodontics in detail, including definitive chapters on craniofacial development, postnatal growth, development of the dentition and craniofacial syndromes. - Full coverage of clinical orthodontics including examination, diagnosis and the use of contemporary removable, fixed and clear aligner appliance systems. - Evidence-based updates are present throughout – ideal for students wanting a comprehensive overview of the latest clinical research. - Controversies and areas of special interest are covered in standalone text boxes. - Consolidated bibliography with short summaries of important papers so you can easily keep up to date. - More than 500 illustrations and photographs to help explain and illustrate specific points. - Easy to read and navigate – helps you to understand the complex concepts. - Small enough to carry around with you as a quick reference guide. - New chapters on Dentofacial orthopaedics, Skeletal anchorage and Clear aligner systems. - Over 150 new figures

Download or read book Kryger s Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine E Book written by Meir H. Kryger and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 3188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering today's most authoritative, comprehensive coverage of sleep disorders, Kryger's Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 7th Edition, is a must-have resource for sleep medicine specialists, fellows, trainees, and technicians, as well as pulmonologists, neurologists, and other clinicians who see patients with sleep-related issues. It provides a solid understanding of underlying basic science as well as complete coverage of emerging advances in management and treatment for a widely diverse patient population. Evidence-based content, hundreds of full-color illustrations, and a wealth of additional resources online help you make well-informed clinical decisions and offer your patients the best possible care. - Contains new chapters on sleep in intersex and transgender individuals; sleep telemedicine and remote PAP adherence monitoring; and sleep and the menstrual cycle, as well as increased coverage of treatment and management of pediatric patients. - Includes expanded sections on pharmacology, sleep in individuals with other medical disorders, and methodology. - Discusses updated treatments for sleep apnea and advancements in CPAP therapy. - Offers access to 95 video clips online, including expert interviews and sleep study footage of various sleep disorders. - Meets the needs of practicing clinicians as well as those preparing for the sleep medicine fellowship examination or recertification exams, with more than 950 self-assessment questions, answers, and rationales online. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Download or read book Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for the Clinician written by Krishnamurthy Bonanthaya and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 1965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book with CC BY 4.0 license. This comprehensive open access textbook provides a comprehensive coverage of principles and practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. With a range of topics starting from routine dentoalveolar surgery to advanced and complex surgical procedures, this volume is a meaningful combination of text and illustrations including clinical photos, radiographs, and videos. It provides guidance on evidence-based practices in context to existing protocols, guidelines and recommendations to help readers deal with most clinical scenarios in their daily surgical work. This multidisciplinary textbook is meant for postgraduate trainees, young practicing oral surgeons and experienced clinicians, as well as those preparing for university and board certification exams. It also aids in decision-making, the implementation of treatment plans and the management of complications that may arise. This book is an initiative of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India (AOMSI) to its commitment to academic medicine. As part of this commitment, this textbook is in open access to help ensure widest possible dissemination to readers across the world. ; Open access Unique presentation with contents divided into color-coded core competency gradations Covers all aspects of oral and maxillofacial surgery Supplemented with videos of all commonly carried out procedures as operative video Every chapter or topic concludes with "future perspective" and addresses cutting edge advances in each area Every topic has a pull out box that provides the most relevant systematic reviews/ key articles to every topic.

Download or read book Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea written by Ki Beom Kim and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides comprehensive information on the etiology, pathophysiology, medical implications, diagnosis, and surgical and nonsurgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Divided into five parts, the book begins with principles and fundamentals of OSA and its diagnostic considerations. Subsequent parts then address non-surgical management, surgical management, and maxillomandibular advancements for OSA. Chapters seek to approach this common disorder from the viewpoint of multiple specialties, thereby promoting the development of a broad strategy for the evaluation and management of OSA patients that draws on each of them. An invaluable reference, Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Textbook meets the needs of advanced dental and medical students, orthodontic, maxillofacial, ENT, neurology, and plastic surgery residents, and sleep medicine and pulmonary physicians.​​

Download or read book Current Orthodontic Concepts and Techniques written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Twin Block Functional Therapy written by William Clark and published by JP Medical Ltd. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin Block appliances are simple bite blocks that are designed for full-time wear. They achieve rapid functional correction of malocclusion (misalignment of upper and lower teeth) by the transmission of favourable occlusal forces to occlusal inclined planes that cover the posterior teeth. The forces of occlusion are used as the functional mechanism to correct the malocclusion (www.twinblocks.com). Beginning with an introduction to orthodontics and twin blocks, the next chapters describe growth studies and diagnosis and treatment planning. Each of the following sections discusses the use of twin blocks for different types of malocclusion. With a focus on the latest developments in functional therapy, the book offers guidance on diagnosis, treatment planning, case selection, appliance design and clinical management. Written by the internationally recognised Orthodontist William Clark from Fife, UK, who also invented Twin Blocks, this comprehensive guide includes nearly 600 clinical photographs and illustrations. Key points Comprehensive guide to use of Twin Blocks in treatment of malocclusion Focus on latest developments in functional therapy Written by UK-based inventor of Twin Blocks Includes nearly 600 images and illustrations