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The objective: The aim of this study was to examine and establish compliance in determining the need for orthodontic treatment by general dental practitioners or non-orthodontic specialties and orthodontists. Material and methods: The study included 100 patients referred to an orthodontist by general practitioners or nonorthodontic specialties. The research included a period of three months during which referrals of patients who applied to the Clinic for Orthodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry with clinics of the University of Sarajevo were reviewed and analyzed. After examination by an orthodontist specialist, compliance was aligned with regard to determining the need for orthodontic treatment by general dental practitioners or non-orthodontic specialties and orthodontists. Results: An analysis of the need for orthodontic treatment showed that an orthodontic treatment was required in 83 (83%) patients, while orthodontic treatment was not needed in 17 (17%) patients. Conclusion: The research showed that there is no statistically significant difference in determining the need for orthodontic treatment by general dental practitioners or non-orthodontic specialties and orthodontists. It is necessary to provide guidelines that would facilitate recognition of individual malocclusions, complexity of case, and timely referral of patients to orthodontist, and therefore to obtain correct referral letters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Fixed orthodontic therapy takes an important place in dental medicine with the aim of improving the appearance of dento-facial structures, in esthetic as well as functional sense. Structural elements of fixed orthodontic apparatus, such as brackets and ligatures, represent predictive spot for plaque accumulation, which may lead to changes in the gingiva. The most common changes are gingivitis and gingival hyperplasia. Aim: To indicate a connection between therapies by means of fixed orthodontic apparatus and inflammatory changes in the gingiva, as well as the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration between the orthodontist and the periodontist. Material and methods: The research included 60 students from the fourth, fifth and sixth year of the Faculty of Dentistry in Sarajevo. The students were divided into two groups. The first group consisted of 30 students having the therapy by means of fixed orthodontic apparatus (group A), and the second group consisted of 30 students not having the therapy (group B). Before the examination, all subjects have read and signed information consent for voluntary participation to the research. The subjects had one medical examination and went through periodontological anamnestic diagnostic protocol. Results: Obtained results are statistically processed and discussed together with the results of other authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of age and gender to the alveolar bone density of the patients having fixed prosthetic restorations. Methods: 80 subjects of both genders with fixed prosthetics restorations were examined in this research. Retro-alveolar radiovisiography (RVG) images of the abutment teeth and of the homologous (control) teeth were done for all subjects. All RVG images were automatically digitalized and stored at computer equipped with Digora for Windows 2.5 software used for measurements of bone density in seven regions of interest (ROI) around the tooth root, all 10 pixels in size. Results: The obtained data were processed using statistical method of single-factor multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), showing the following: at significance level of 5 %, there was no age and gender dependent difference of the alveolar bone density, except at ROI 6 of the control tooth (with Bonferonni adjustment pursued alpha level 0.007= 0.05/7) where statistically significant gender dependant difference was found. Men had significantly higher average value of alveolar bone density in that region (M=125.81) when compared to women (M=104.49). Conclusion: No statistically significant effect of age and gender to tooth alveolar bone density as a linear combination of fixed prosthetics abutment teeth ROIs or control teeth ROIs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) was found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To analyze the amount of crestal bone loss in maxilla and mandible around Bredent Sky Blue implants of different dimension a year after implantation. Material and Methods: 36 implants diameter 3.5 x 10 mm were inserted in the maxilla and 12 in the mandible. 52 implants diameter 4.0 x 8 mm were inserted in the maxilla, and 61 in the mandible (two-stage implant surgery). The data were analysed using the IBM SPSS v.17 software package (descriptive statistics, ANOVA -test). Results: No statistically significant differences were found between maxilla right, maxilla left, mandible right and mandible left side at implant sites regarding distal and mesial bone losses. Statistically significant differences were found between maxilla front, maxilla posterior, mandible front and mandible posterior at implant sites regarding distal and mesial bone losses. Conclusion: This study showed more bone loss for anterior implants compared to the posterior ones, but there was no significant different bone loss between maxillary and mandibular implants regarding sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine if there is any difference between observed teeth (abutment teeth) and control teeth (homologous) in patients with acrylate fused-to-metal (AFM) crowns and those with ceramic fused-to-metal (CFM) crowns, and if there is any difference between AFM and CFM crowns in terms of plaque index, gingival index, retention index, CPITN, marginal gingiva retraction and bone resorption. The next objective was to examine if the length of use of AFM and CFM crowns bears any impact on these indices. Material and methods: The study included 80 patients of both sexes aged 20 to 65 with fixed prosthetics (single crowns). All the research parameters were obtained from clinical examinations and radiographic analyses. Results showed that in the group of patients with AFM crowns there was a statistically significant difference between observed and control teeth in terms of gingival index, CPITN, retention index and marginal gingiva retraction, whereas there was no statistically significant difference for other indices observed. Results also showed that in patients with CFM crowns there was a statistically significant difference between observed and control teeth in terms of plaque index, gingival index, CPITN, retention index and marginal gingiva retraction, whereas there was no statistically significant difference for bone resorption. A statistically significant difference was found between AFM and CFM only in terms of plaque index. Conclusion: The length of use of the prosthetic appliance (under five years) in the group with AFM crowns did influence the plaque index, the depth of periodontal sulcus and the marginal gingiva retraction. The length of use of fixed prosthetic appliances (under five years) in the group with CFM crowns did not influence the indices observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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