Objective Understanding the orofacial characteristics and growth patterns in children is
essential for both orthodontics and research on children with orofacial abnormalities …

Introduction Extreme patterns of vertical facial divergence are of great importance to
clinicians because of their association with dental malocclusion and functional problems of …

Forensic odontology has contributed significantly in forensic investigations and involves
various branches of dentistry including orthodontics. The current communication presents …

Background Estimates pertaining to the timing of the adolescent growth spurt (eg peak
height velocity; PHV), including age at peak height velocity (aPHV), play a critical role in the …

Differential patterns of craniofacial growth are important sources of variation that can result
in skeletal malocclusion. Understanding the timing of growth milestones and morphological …

Dense, longitudinal sampling represents the ideal for studying biological growth. However,
longitudinal samples are not typically possible, due to limits of time, prohibitive cost, or …

Early in the 20th century, a series of studies were initiated across North America to
investigate and characterize childhood growth. The Craniofacial Growth Consortium Study …

Objectives This study aimed to compare treatment efficacy and cephalometric outcomes
between extraction and non-extraction MEAW therapies in non-growing open-bite patients …

Introdução: Este trabalho teve por foco o estudo dos Modelos Lineares Hierárquicos (HLM-
Hierarchical Linear Model) Longitudinais, visando uma aplicação a dados reais de especial …

Background: The head and neck consist of an intricate arrangement of bones, musculature,
and airways playing a pivotal role in facial aesthetics, communication, chewing, swallowing …