Craniofacial growth has been of keen interest to anatomist,physiologist,endocrinologist,orthodontist, physician and many more. This book is a summary of various theories of craniofacial growth whic...
This book is a diverse and changing set of topics, styles, opinions and some certainties that feel or estimate certain issues and that may or may not coincide with what the generality of people thi...
The ultimate objective of endodontic treatment is the elimination of debris, necrotic pulp tissue and bacteria from within the root canal system, which could serve as sources of infection and infla...
The achievement of a stable, functional, and esthetic arch form has long been one of the prime objectives of orthodontics, since the time of Edward Angle. A key aspect in the achievement of this go...
Introduction: The aim of our work was to detect this impairment in patients with RA and to assess its functional impact by the functional foot index (FFI).Methods: Cross-sectional study over a peri...
Toxins are usually considered to be damaging agents; however, they may be very helpful in the therapy of human illness. Botulinum neurotoxin (BTX) was the first microbial protein to be administered...
Tooth supported fixed dental prosthesis, crowns, veneers and onlays are routinely used in fixed prosthetic dentistry to restore missing or decayed teeth and for aesthetic purpose. Management of the...
Orthodontists use dental, skeletal, and facial traits to diagnose and develop treatment plan for various malocclusions. Dental and skeletal traits help us to understand tooth position along with an...
Implant surgery is one of the most common maxillofacial surgeries. The issue that has occupied the minds of patients and surgeons is the pain after implant surgery. Implant implantation is usually ...
Obstructive sleep apnea is an under recognized and under diagnosed medical condition, with a myriad of negative consequences on patients' health and society as a whole. The most acting reason behin...
An important milestone in the history of mordern restorative dentistry has been the development of newer light-cured (packable bulk fill) composite resin for direct use in the oral cavity. The deve...
The book tackles a range of topics of Public Health importance, from research, change through leadership, and Family health issues to diseases requiring multifaceted efforts to eradicate. The thorn...
Quorum sensing is a phenomenon defined as gene regulation in response to cell density. The accumulation of 'signaling' molecules in the surrounding environment enable a single cell to sense the num...
Bimaxillary dentoalveolar protrusion is a condition that results from the proclined and protruded maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. Maximum anchorage is needed in such cases to retract upper...
The predominant model of childbirth care in Brazil is still characterized by the abusive or inappropriate use of obstetric interventions in all clinical periods of childbirth. It is known that thes...
Based on the 20 year experience of using the Twin Block appliance for the correction of Class II malocclusion with mandibular deficiency in the Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry ,A....
In this book, the author explains the most recurrent endemic, epidemic and pandemic diseases such as cholera, Ebola, COVID-19, typhoid fever, malaria and HIV/AIDS. This book demonstrates that these...
With the objective of determining the pathologies of the uterine cervix in women who go to the San Francisco type I urban outpatient clinic, a transversal descriptive type investigation was carried...
HIV has a genetic diversity that is equal to the complexity of its management. Group M (Major) is the dominant group in Central Africa. The distribution of this group in Africa and in the Democrati...
Diagnosis breast cancer - now what? Suddenly everything has changed - the diagnosis breast cancer pulls the rug out from under thousands of women and increasingly many men as well. The first reacti...