March, 2008, Vol. 10, No. 1

CONTENTS

REVIEWS

Microorganisms in root canal infections: a review
Vytaute Peciuliene, Rasmute Maneliene, Estera Balcikonyte, Saulius Drukteinis, Vygandas Rutkunas
4 -9

Maxillary complete denture outcome with two-implant supported mandibular overdentures. A systematic review
Vygandas Rutkunas, Hiroshi Mizutani, Vytaute Peciuliene, Ruta Bendinskaite, Tomas Linkevicius
10 -15

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Antibacterial potential of contemporary dental luting cements
Povilas Daugela, Rimantas Oziunas, Gediminas Zekonis
16 -21

Papilla Preservation Technique combined with Emdogain® in the treatment of intrabony defects: a novel treatment regimen for chronic periodontitis
Asta Miliauskaite, Denis Selimovic, Mohamed Hassan, Futami Nagano, Martine Soell, Hidehiko Sano, Alina Puriene
22 -26

REVIEWS

Biologic Width Around Implants. An Evidence-Based Review
Tomas Linkevicius, Peteris Apse
27-35

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Observer performance based on marginal bone tissue visibility in ScanoraÒ panoramic radiography and posterior bitewing radiography
Deimante Ivanauskaite, Christina Lindh, Madeleine Rohlin
36 -43

Comparative cephalometric study of Class II division 1 malocclusion between Lithuanian and Jordanian females
Baher Adli Bader, Arunas Vasiliauskas, Ahmad Salim Qadri
44 -48

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Comparative cephalometric study of Class II division 1 malocclusion between Lithuanian and Jordanian females

Baher Adli Bader, Arunas Vasiliauskas, Ahmad Salim Qadri

Summary

The Class II malocclusions have a strong hereditary component as etiologic factor, both in families and in ethnic and racial groups. The purpose of this study to compare skeletal and dentoalveolar morphology in Class II division I malocclusion of Lithuanian and Jordanian females. The sample consisted of 60 standardized lateral cephalograms (30 Jordanian – 30 Lithuanian). The mean age of the subjects was 14.8±1.11 years. Criteria for cephalometric comparison were 5 linear and 10 angular cephalometric variables. Repeating landmark identification tested reproducibility of the measurements. Unpaired t-test was performed to assess the difference of malocclusion between both groups. Results considered to be statistically significant when p≤0.05.

Results showed that Lithuanian females had reduced vertical skeletal relationship in their Class II division 1 malocclusion, while Jordanian females characterized by increased vertical relationship. Dentoalveolar measurements showed a significant proclination of the mandibular incisors in Jordanian females compared with Lithuanians.

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¹Clinic of Orthodontics, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
²Qadri Dental Centre, Amman, Jordan

Baher Adli Bader¹- D.D.S., postgraduate student
Arunas Vasiliauskas¹- D.D.S., PhD
Ahmad Salim Qadri²- B.D.S., M.Sc

Address correspondence to Dr. Arunas Vasiliauskas, Clinic of Orthodontics, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lukðos-Daumanto 6, Kaunas, Lithuania.
E-mail: vasiliauskas@kaunas.omnitel.net