THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF DENTAL SURGERY

By ABIGAIL LEE

CONTENTS CHAPTER I BIOMECHANICAL CONSIDERATION TO THE EXTRACTION SITE IN ORTHODONTICS: A THEORETICAL APPROACH CHAPTER II PROGNOSIS OF OPERCULECTOMY PROCEDURE IN VERTICALLY IMPACTED MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLARS - A CLINICAL EVALUATION CHAPTER III LOOP POSITION IN ANTERIOR RETRACTION ARCH WIRE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE PRODUCED FORCES: 3D ANALYSIS USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD CHAPTER IV COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SUBEPITHELIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE GRAFT AND ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX GRAFT IN THE TREATMENT OF GINGIVAL RECESSION – A CASE SERIES CHAPTER V UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING THE ROLE OF LOCAL ANAESTHESIA IN DENTISTRY: A BRIEF REVIEW CHAPTER VI SUPERNUMERARY TEETH: A REVIEW AND CASE REPORT CHAPTER VII THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD OF COMMERCIAL SAMARIUM-COBALT (SMCO5) ORTHODONTIC MAGNETS ON CULTURED ESCHERICHIA COLI AND STAPHYLOCOCCI AUROUS CHAPTER VIII SUBPEDICLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE GRAFT – A BILAMINAR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURE FOR ROOT COVERAGE CHAPTER IX SURGICAL REMOVAL OF GENIAL TUBERCLES CHAPTER X HINGE AXIS - AN OVERVIEW CHAPTER XI TISSUE SCULPTURING: A METHOD FOR IMPROVING ESTHETICS OF ANTERIOR FIXED PROSTHODONTICS: A CLINICAL REPORT CHAPTER XII DEVELOPMENT OF ROOT ANALOGUE IMPLANTS – A REVIEW STUDY CHAPTER XIII STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD OF COMMERCIAL SAMARIUM-COBALT (SMCO5) ORTHODONTIC MAGNETS AND DNA FRAGMENTATION OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTE CELLS CHAPTER XIV TEMPORO-MANDIBULAR JOINT RECONSTRUCTION WITH ALLOPLASTIC PROSTHESES IN THE TMJ ANKYLOSIS: OUR EXPERIENCE CHAPTER XV LOCAL ANESTHETIC EFFICACY AND SYSTEMIC INFLUENCE OF 4% ARTICAINE HCL VS 2% LIDOCAINE HCL WITH 1:100,000 EPINEPHRINE: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED PROSPECTIVE STUDY CHAPTER I BIOMECHANICAL CONSIDERATION TO THE EXTRACTION SITE IN ORTHODONTICS: A THEORETICAL APPROACH ABSTRACT IN ORTHODONTICS, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE THE LONG-TERM STABLE DENTAL OCCLUSION WITHIN THE RANGE OF NORMALITY AND TO SATISFY PRECISELY OUR TREATMENT OBJECTIVES, WE HAVE TO HAVE LONG-TERM STABLE STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCED OCCLUSION WITHIN THE STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING OF ORTHODONTIC MECHANICS AND BIOMECHANICS IS THE KEY STONE IN THIS RESPECT ORTHODONTICS IS A VERY UNIQUE SPECIALTY DEALING WITH MULTIFACTORIAL PHENOMENA, DENTAL MALOCCLUSION, TO APPROACH IT WE HAVE TO GO METHODICALLY TO OTHER RELATED FIELDS THE STEERING SIGNALS FOR SUCCESSFUL ORTHODONTICS ARE TO BE ACCOUNTED FIRST- OF-ALL WITH THE DEVELOPING WAVES OF STRESSES AND STRAINS IN THE PERIODONTIUM IN RESPONSE TO THE ORTHODONTIC FORCE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE FORCE OF OCCLUSION IS THE KEY TO EXPLORE THIS CRUCIAL SUBJECT THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO APPLY BASIC BIOMECHANICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN UNDERSTANDING THE IN?UENCE OF EXTRACTION OF TEETH; MESIAL VERSUS DISTAL TO THE PERMANENT FIRST MOLARS HOPING TO OPEN A PANEL OF FREE DISCUSSION IN RESPECT OF OUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE KEYWORDS: ORTHODONTICS, EXTRACTION, BIOMECHANICS