0000000000939539
AUTHOR
Carlos Bellot Arcís
Aesthetic assessment of the effect of gingival exposure in the smile of patients with unilateral and bilateral maxillary incisor agenesis.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the dental esthetic perception of the smile of patients with maxillary lateral incisor agenesis (MLIA); the perceptions were examined pre- and post-treatment. Esthetic determinations were made with regard to the gingival exposure in the patients¿ smile by orthodontists, general dentists, and laypersons. Materials and Methods: Three hundred eighty one people (80 orthodontists, 181 general dentists, 120 laypersons) rated the attractiveness of the smile in four cases before and after treatment, comprising two cases with unilateral MLIA and contralateral microdontia and two with bilateral MLIA. For each case, the buccal photograph was adjusted usi…
Necesidad de tratamiento ortodóncico en la población adulta de la Comunidad Valenciana
Introducción La ortodoncia se ha orientado a niños y adolescentes, pero los adultos cada vez con más frecuencia, buscan un tratamiento de ortodoncia. Sin embargo hay pocos estudios epidemiológicos realizados sobre esta población. Pese a ello, algunos autores consideran más apropiado realizar los estudios de necesidad de tratamiento ortodóncico en la población adulta; pues se considera más madura para realizar un juicio adecuado de la importancia que tiene la estética dentofacial. El DAI y el IOTN han sido reconocidos como válidos por varias asociaciones internacionales. Por todo lo expuesto, surge la motivación de realizar este trabajo con el objetivo de determinar la necesidad de tratamien…
Evaluation of treatment outcomes in a 3 years post-graduate orthodontic program using the peer assessment rating (par)
Objectives: To maintain high treatment quality it is important to evaluate orthodontic treatment results using objec - tive methods. Outcome assessments allow private practitioners and university students to evaluate their results and raise the level of treatment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the orthodontic treatment outcome in a post-graduate orthodontics program in the University of Valencia (Spain) and to determine whether the treatment outcome is related to several factors as gender, age at start of the treatment, treatment duration, treatment method, extraction-non extraction treatment and cooperation needed. Material and Methods: A sample of 50 patients treated in the…