• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.89-96
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• 2021

This study is aimed to establish the direction of orthodontic treatment by analyzing the differences in the dental arch development due to the cause of short stature. Dental diagnostic tests were conducted on patients who were diagnosed with short stature. Idiopathic short statured children were classified through the paired sampling based on the age and gender of a short statured children with growth hormone shortage. Control groups were classified using same method as above, after selecting candidates with an arch length of less than 3mm and malocclusion. In conclusion, short statured children with growth hormone shortage or idiopathic had the higher rate of crowding and the small value of overbite compared to normal children. Therefore orthodontic treatment for short statured children needs treatment plan included evaluation for Arch length discrepancy to treat a crowding early. This study will provide important data for successful orthodontic treatment according to the characteristics of dental occlusion of short statured children.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.25 no.5 s.52
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• pp.593-604
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• 1995

Mandibular incisor crowding is one of the most common features of malocclusion and is interesting characteristic in view of relapse and stability after orthodontic treatment. There are many potential factors in the etiology of lower anterior crowding. The tooth size variation is one of them, but biologic significance for the faciolingual width of the teeth has been overlooked. Peck and Peck reported that persons with ideal mandibular incisor alignment were shown to have incisor with smaller mesiodistal and larger faciolingual dimensions than persons with incisor crowding. On the basis of these findings they suggested MD/FL index as a clinical guideline for the assessment for lower incisor crowding. The present study was undertaken to examine the relationship between mandibular incisor crowding and mandibular incisor dimension, and determine their correlation with arch length discrepancy. 154 dental casts of people from 11 to 17 years of age were made, and were divided into normal group with irregularity index less than of 1, and crowding group with irregularity index greater than 1.The casts were measured and analyzed statistically. The results were as follows. 1. The mean mesiodistal width for mandibular incisor was larger in crowding group, and has significant difference in central inciosr measurement. There are no significant differences in the faciolingul width and MD/FL index. 2. Irregularity index has significant correlation coefficients with mesiodistal width and MD/FL index for mandibular incisor in crowding group, but no correlation with faciolingual width. It also has correlation with maxillary and mandibular arch length discrepancy, total tooth material, mandibular intercanine width, and mandibular inter first premolar width. 3. Upper and lower arch length discrepancy have significant correlation with mesiodistal width of mandibular incisor and overbite, but have no correlation with faciolingual width. Lower arch lenth discrepancy has significant correlation with MD/FL index for mandibular incisor and upper arch length discrepancy has correlation with MD/FL index for mandibular lateral incisor. 4. Significant differences were observed between normal and crowding group for the mandibular arch length discrepancy and overbite.

• Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.231-242
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• 2013

Purpose: The study is to discover the relationship between malocclusion, which is known to cause temporomandibular disorder, and temporomandibular disorder and is aimed at college students who have retained their natural teeth. Methods: The study was aimed at 500 college students at two colleges located in Gyeongsangbuk-do and Daegu metropolitan city and survey research was conducted in order to discover any relationship between malocclusion and temporomandibular disorder. After excluding copies with insincere answers or errors out of the 500 copies of the questionnaire, the study used a total of 435 copies (87%) for research and analysis. Results: Females showed a prevalence of temporomandibular joint clicking and temporomandibular joint pain, and students who had crowding showed a high prevalence of temporomandibular joint pain, temporomandibular joint clicking, and trismus. Students whose occlusal condition was not good demonstrated a high prevalence of temporomandibular joint pain, temporomandibular joint clicking, and trismus. Students who had maxillary protrusion showed a prevalence of temporomandibular joint clicking and trimus, whereas students who had mandibular protrusion showed a high prevalence of temporomandibular joint clicking. Conclusion: Students whose dental condition was crowding and students whose occlusal condition was not good exhibited a high prevalence of three types of symptoms of temporomandibular disorder. Meanwhile student who had maxillary protrusion showed a high prevalence of temporomandibular joint clicking and trismus, while students who had mandibular protrusion showed a prevalence of temporomandibular joint clicking.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.1135-1139
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• 1975

A boy aged 13 years 5 months, had a Angle's clss I malocclusion characterized by severe anterior crowding. Molar relationship was neutroclusion, incisor overbite was 4mm, incisor overjet was 3mm. The patient underwent extraction of four first premolars and was treated with a multi-banded light force system. On the process of the orthodontic treatment, the teeth, obtained functional occlusion. The result of treatment was very satisfactory; color, vitality and mobility were normal, periodontal condition was good and the cosmetic result was excellent.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.929-933
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• 1975

A girl aged 15 years 6 months, had a class Ⅲ malocclusion characterized by severe maxillary anterior crowding and a retarded maxilla. Molar relationship was class Ⅲ on both sides, incisor overjet was - 2.9mm. and incisor overbite was 5.5mm. The patient underwent extraction of four first premolars and was trested with a multi-banded light force system. After 13 months, the patient gained a normal verbite-overjet relationship of anterior teeth and a class 1 molar relationship. Superimposition of pretreatment and posttreatment cephalograms upon the line SN registered at S showed backward downward rotation of the mandible.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.507-512
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• 1999

In the mixed dentition, many children have mild crowding of anterior dentition on the mandibular arch and mesial tilting of mandibular molar. Lip bumper have been used to gain arch length for the alignment of mild to moderate crowded dental arches. As such, they may provide an alternative to extraction therapy. The claimed therapeutic effect of the lip bumper is bodily forward incisor movement, flaring of the lower incisors, and distal tipping of the molar. The dental changes can be attributed to removal of lip pressure on the lower anterior dentition and the distal forces exerted at the molar abutment. The purpose of this study is to show more easily method of treatment for mild anterior crowding of mandible.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.516-525
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• 2004

Mandibular symphyseal distraction osteogenesis is an alternative approach for correcting mandibular transverse deficiencies and dental crowding. The traditional approaches for these are extraction of teeth and arch expansion with traditional orthodontic treatment. Also extractions are usually unavoidable in patients with severe crowding. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of mandibular symphyseal distraction osteogenesis by use of tooth-borne expansion appliance. All of 12 patients had been performed distraction osteogenesis. The surgical procedures were accomplished under local anesthesia and intravenous sedation in an ambulatory surgical setting using a routine distraction protocol. The latency period was 5 days or 7 days after symphyseal osteotomies. The rate & rhyth is a intermittent, 0.75mm or 1.0 mm per day and stabilized for 6, 8 weeks after distraction. The time of orthodontic tooth movement after distraction was variable from 2 weeks to 8 weeks (mean 3 weeks). All patients had been evaluated with study casts, plain periapical films, panorama radiograms before & after surgery. Mandibular symphyseal distraction osteogenesis increased mandibular arch width and corrected dental crowding, with paralleling tooth-borne movement, without proclination of the mandibular incisors.

• Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.67-76
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the difference in chewing ability according to the malocclusion and orthodontic treatment for the university students who are adults and consider the effect of the malocclusion and orthodontic treatment on chewing ability. Methods: This study conducted the survey for 400 students of the two universities located in Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and except for the poor or erroneous surveys among 400 survey copies of the participants, total 363(90.75%) survey copies were used for the study analysis. Results: The total result of chewing ability for the food showed that middle-class students had higher chewing ability than high-class students and the students who didn't get orthodontic treatment had higher chewing ability than the students who are getting orthodontic treatment now. In the chewing ability for various kinds foods, in case of young radish kimchi, the result showed that the students who have a little crowding or normal level of teeth or normal teeth has higher chewing ability than the students who have severe crowding level of teeth, and in case of the foods including kkakdugi or galbi, the result showed that the students who have normal teeth location or the 3rd level malocclusion have higher chewing ability statistically significantly than the students who have the 2nd malocclusion. Conclusion: For the chewing ability, the middle-class students in the home economic power showed significantly higher chewing ability than the high-class students in the home economic power, and the students who didn't get any orthodontic treatment showed higher chewing ability statistically significantly than the students who are getting orthodontic treatment now.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.51-56
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• 2002

Russell-Silver syndrome is a type of intrauterine growth retardation, characterized by short stature noted at birth, hemiatrophy or asymmetry, variation in sexual development and other abnormalities, including cafe-aulait pigmentation and clinodactyly. Facial features commonly associated with this syndrome are a small triangular face, decreased facial height, down-turned corners of the mouth(shark's mouth), a small mandible, and occasionally asymmetry. The major intra-oral features of the syndrome that have been reported are a high-arched palate, delayed tooth eruption, microdontia, hypodontia, and crowding. These cases were diagnosed at birth as Russell-Silver syndrome by clinical features such as prenatal growth retardation, short stature, low body weight, et al., and have been treated with growth hormone. The purpose of this paper is to report the dental findings of two patients and review the pertinent literature through the two cases.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.384-393
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• 2017

Fusion of teeth is a developmental anomaly. It occurs at the stage of tooth formation, which determines the shape and size of the tooth crown, when one or more teeth fuse at the dentin level during the morphodifferentiation of the dental germs. Such teeth show macrodontia and may cause crowding, as well as esthetic and endodontic problems. In this article, we report a rare case of a maxillary central incisor fused to a supernumerary tooth showing labial and palatal talon cusps, which was orthodontically moved across the midpalatal suture. A 13-year-old Caucasian boy sought treatment for the unesthetic appearance of his maxillary central incisor and anterior crowding. He was rehabilitated successfully via a multidisciplinary approach involving orthodontic, nonsurgical endodontic, periodontal, and prosthodontic treatments. After a 26-month treatment period, the patient's macroesthetics and microesthetics were improved. The overall improvement of this macrodontic tooth and its surrounding tissues through multidisciplinary treatment was documented using cone-beam computed tomography.