This case report describes a favorable healing outcome of the immediate management of an oblique tooth root fracture in the middle third concomitant with coronal fragment extrusion in a permanent maxillary left central incisor of a healthy 14-year-old female patient. The clinical exam showed incisal irregularity, lo...
Objectives: To study the prevalence of malocclusion in deciduous dentition and its associated factors. Methods: The target population consisted of children between 3 and 5 years old who attended four kindergartens in Alvalade, Lisbon. Data was collected through a questionnaire to parents and an intraoral examinatio...
Objectives: To evaluate the overall treatment outcome and undesirable side effects during distal movement of the entire maxillary dentition using mini-implants. Methods: Seventeen patients older than fifteen years with a mild-to-moderate arch length/tooth size discrepancy were selected. Leveling and aligning were do...
This study discusses the treatment of an inflammatory cystic lesion in mixed dentition that was successfully managed by the classical combined surgical–orthodontic approach. The marsupialization technique was used with the dual purpose of carrying out an incisional biopsy and decompressing the lesion. Complementa...
Objetivos: Verificar se as tabelas de probabilidades de Moyers, nos percentis 50 e 75, e asequac¸ões de Tanaka-Johnston são métodos de análise de dentição mista adaptados à análise de uma amostra da população portuguesa. Métodos: Foram seleci...