Suhad M. Ali. Sadiq

Mustansiriyah University · Department of Dentistry

Back ground/Aim: Orthodontic treatment enables the establishment of functional occlusion and improvement of oral health, however, it increases the risk of periodontal disease development through plaque retention and difficulty of keeping a good oral hygiene. So the present study was performed to evaluate the periodontal health status and determinat...

The present study was carried out to evaluate the differences in periodontal response to orthodontic treatment between banded and bonded molar teeth as well as the differences between adults and adolescents. The samples of the study consisted of 50 patients (16 adults and 34 adolescents) who were received full arch orthodontic appliances with bande...

Facial asymmetry either functional and/or structural is a normal finding in clinically symmetrical faces. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of the amount and direction of facial asymmetry in clinically symmetrical faces with class I normal occlusion to handedness, and to discover if there is any relation for occlusal bite fo...

Fifty four orthodontic patients wearing upper and lower fixed appliances were assigned either an electric tooth brush or a manual tooth brush. Each patient was instructed and trained on the proper use of the allocated brush. Clinical parameters included (Plaque index, Gingival index and Eastman interdental bleeding index) were measured at base line...

The effect of food simulants on the bond strength of orthodontic metal brackets bonded to enamel with light cured composite was studied. One hundred twenty extracted human premolars were selected and randomly divided into three equal groups each with 40 teeth, representing the adhesive bonding generation (5th, 6th and 7th). Each group was subdivide...

Sixty stainless steel brackets were divided into two groups, group I used coarse mesh base type (Dentaurum); group II used casted mesh base type (Orthoorganizer). Each group was subdivided into three sub groups (Ten brackets for each), all the brackets were bonded to sixty sound freshly extracted human upper first premolars teeth using Microfilled...