Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1988.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2009. / A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sciences - Orthodontics. Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on August 16, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.Sc.(Odontology))--University of Pretoria, 2003. / "Published work submitted to the University of Pretoria for the degree of Doctor of Science in Odontology (Oral pathology)". Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Jena, 1934. / At head of title: Aus dem zahnärtzlichen Institut der Universität Jena. "Lebenslauf": p. 34.

The thesis summarizes the current knowledge about the class Branchiobdellae including their anatomy, ecology and geographic distribution with respect to the presence of introduced species in Europe. Using samples of Branchiobdellidan obtained from two introduced species of crayfish caught in a pond near Čáslavice u Moravských Budějovic (signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus) and in Černíský stream (eastern crayfish, Orconectes limosus), two out of seven European species of Branchiobdellidan were identified, namely B. parasita with 100% presence in the eastern crayfish and 58.7% presence in the signal crayfish, and B. pentodonta with 41.3% presence. Based on data collected from the caught crayfish and samples of Branchiobdellidan, the individual weight of eastern crayfish was proved to influence the quantity and biomass of Branchiobdellidan on the body of crayfish (p<0.001), i.e. increased quantity and biomass of Branchiobdellidan was found on more robust specimens of crayfish, however the effect of gender was not statistically significant. With respect to the signal crayfish, a significant difference was observed in the quantity and biomass of Branchiobdellidan depending on the weight of the crayfish (p<0.001), and the influence of the gender of the crayfish was detected (p<0.001), i.e. the quantity and biomass of Branchiobdellidan was higher on the surface of male specimens of crayfish. The presence of eggs in some female signal crayfish had no significant effect on the quantity and biomass of Branchiobdellidan (p=0.052), however in combination with the weight, the influence of the presence or absence of eggs was proved (p=0.011), more robust females showed increased quantity and biomass of Branchiobdellidan.

A influencia de diversos fatores, principalmente no apinhamento dentário antero-inferior, vem sendo estudada desde muito tempo atras. Entretanto, a influencia do comprimento das bases apicais sobre o apinhamento dentario ainda nao foi esclarecida. Como existem evidencias na literatura de que esse fator pode influenciar o apinhamento dentario, resolveu-se desenvolver este trabalho para investigar a relacao entre comprimentos de bases apicais e apinhamento dentário superior e inferior na ma oclusao de Classe II completa. Um total de 80 documentacoes de pacientes ortodonticos retrospectivos, 47 homens e 33 mulheres com ma oclusao de Classe II completa foram divididas em 2 grupos segundo a discrepancia do perimetro do arco ou apinhamento inferior. O grupo 1, constituído por 25 pacientes com apinhamento inferior 3mm e com uma idade media de 12,81 anos; e o grupo 2, formado por 55 pacientes com apinhamento inferior < 3mm e com uma idade media de 13,33 anos. Os comprimentos das bases apicais da maxila e da mandibula e as discrepancias do perimetro dos arcos foram medidos nos cefalogramas e nos modelos de estudo iniciais, respectivamente. Os comprimentos das bases apicais e o apinhamento dentario foram comparados entre os grupos pelo teste t e tambem foram realizadas correlacoes entre os comprimentos das bases e o apinhamento para cada arco dentario. Os resultados mostraram que o grupo com maior apinhamento dentario teve comprimentos de bases apicais significantemente menores. Tambem foi encontrada uma correlacao negativa significante entre o comprimento das bases osseas e o apinhamento dentario na ma oclusao de Classe II completa. / The influence of many factors on dental crowding has been studied since long time ago, mainly in its relationship with anterior lower crowding. But, the influence of the apical bases length on the dental crowding was still not clarified. As there are evidences in the literature, it was decided to carry out the present study to investigate the relationship between apical base lengths and maxillary and mandibular anterior dental crowding in Class II malocclusions. Eighty retrospective orthodontic patients, 47 males and 33 females with complete Class II malocclusions were divided into two groups according to mandibular tooth-arch size discrepancy. The maxillary and mandibular apical base lengths and tooth-arch size discrepancies were measured on the initial cephalograms and plaster casts, respectively. The intergroup apical base length and crowding were compared with t tests and correlation between base length and dental crowding was investigated for each dental arch. Results demonstrated that the group with greater crowding had significantly smaller apical base lengths. A negative correlation was also found between apical base length and dental crowding in complete Class II malocclusions.

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This work is focused on systematic research of cephalopod jaws from the Late Cretaceous. Samples of 147 newly recorded nautiloid rhyncholites from the Bohemian Cretacoeus Basin and one new ammonite rhyncholite from Řepov village were systematically analyzed. The new collection of lower ammonite jaws (aptychi) consists of 32 specimens. Nautiloid rhyncholites from localities Turkaňk, Úpohlavy, and Dreisen were determined as Nautilorhynchus simplex. Conchorhynchs from locality Vinary u Vysokého Mýta belong to the species Conchorhynchus cretaceous, which is associated with the commonmost species Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum. Ammonite rhyncholite is left in the open nomenclature due to its uncertain systematic position and it is not assigned to any ammonite species. Records of aptychi from the locality of Úpohlavy and Pecínov represent mainly species of heteromorphic ammonites - baculitids (Baculites, Sciponoceras). The total diversity of species from both localities reaches 20 ammonite species. The two jaw morphotypes (2 species of aptychi) are reported from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin for the first time herein. Of the high importance, it is a record of ammonite Prionocyclus germari from Úpohlavy with associated lower jaws in situ within the body chamber. Aptychus of this taxon has never been...

O tratamento das fraturas de mandíbulas edêntulas é motivo de controvérsias na literatura e um dos fatores que tornam seu tratamento complexo é o suprimento sanguíneo reduzido. Nesse contexto, o ultra-som Doppler consiste em exame nãoinvasivo o qual pode ser utilizado na análise de alterações da vascularização de diversos segmentos corpóreos e influenciar decisões clínicas. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a vascularização mandibular de pacientes edêntulos que foram submetidos a tratamento de fratura de mandíbula (grupo experimental), por meio de ultra-som doppler colorido. Possíveis correlações entre os dados clínicos, radiográficos e a vascularização mandibular foram analisadas. O fluxo arterial de vasos, como carótida externa, maxilar, facial, mentual, submentual e sublingual, após o tratamento, foi comparado ao fluxo arterial dos mesmos vasos em um grupo controle composto por pacientes edêntulos livres de fratura. Com o emprego do transdutor linear, de maneira extra-oral, foram obtidos velocidade pico-sistólica (VPS), velocidade diastólica final (VDF), índice de resistência (IR), índice de pulsatilidade (IP) e aceleração, de cada artéria. Além disso, foram obtidos detalhes do tratamento por meio de avaliação clínica e radiográfica, assim como da avaliação dos prontuários. Houve diferenças estatisticamente significantes para os valores de IR da artéria mentual, IP da artéria maxilar, VPS, IP e aceleração da artéria submentual. Além disso, na pesquisa de fatores vasculares locais obstrutivos, de acordo com a artéria e os fatores estudados, houve diferenças estatisticamente significantes para o VPS, VDF e IP da artéria facial, IR da artéria sublingual, os quais apresentaram valores menores quando da presença desses fatores. Os grupos experimental e controle foram semelhantes quanto à ocorrência de variações de sentido de fluxo. Na análise das correlações entre os fatores estudados e o grau de atrofia alveolar, foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significantes para os valores de VPS e VDF da artéria submentual, maiores no grupo não-atrófico. O exame de ultra-som doppler colorido foi capaz de demonstrar alterações em algumas artérias que suprem a mandíbula de pacientes edêntulos submetidos a tratamento de fratura, havendo poucas correlações com o grau de atrofia alveolar. / The treatment of edentulous mandibular fractures is motive of controversies in literature and one of the factors that make this treatment complex is the reduced blood supply. In this context, the doppler ultrasound is a non-invasive method that can be used in the analysis of changes in the vascularization of several corporeous segments and influence clinical decisions. The purpose of this study is to assess the vascular supply of edentulous patients, that have been treated of mandibluar fracture (experimental group), using the colored Doppler ultrasound. Possible correlations between the alveolar atrophy degree and the mandibular blood supply were analyzed. The arterial flow of vessels like external carotid, maxilar, facial, mentual, submentual and sublingual, after treatment, was compared with the arterial flow of the same vessels in a control group, consisting of edentulous fracture-free patients. With the use of linear probe extra-orally, the systolic-peak maximum velocity (SPV), final diastolic velocity (FDV), resistive index (RI), pulsatility index (PI) and acceleration of each artery, was obtained. Also, treatment details were obtained through clinical, radiological investigations, and hospital notes assessments. There was significant statistic differences to the values mentual artery RI, maxilar artery PI, submentual artery SPV, PI and acceleration. Also, in the analysis of the presence of obstructive vascular local factors, according to the artery and studied factors, statistically significant differences were observed to facial artery SPV, FDV and PI, sublingual artery RI, that present lower values when these factors were present. The experimental and control groups were similar in respect to variations in flow direction occurrence. In the analysis of the correlations between the studied factors and alveolar atrophy degree, statistically significant differences were observed to the submentual artery SPV and FDV, higher in non-atrophic group. The color doppler sonography was able to show changes in some arteries that supply the mandible of edentulous patients submitted to fracture treatment, with few correlations with the alveolar atrophy degree.

O objetivo neste estudo foi avaliar a acurácia de softwares de planejamento de implantes sobre imagens de mandíbulas atróficas obtidas por tomografia computadorizada de feixe cônico (TCFC) com diferentes protocolos de aquisição. Foram utilizadas 10 mandíbulas desdentadas totais que receberam 8 marcações em regiões normalmente utilizadas para colocação de implantes (4 em região anterior e 4 em região posterior), sobre estas foram aderidos fios ortodônticos a fim de padronizar as regiões. Então as mandíbulas foram submetidas à TCFC com 2 protocolos de aquisição, P1 (voxel 0,25mm) e P2 (voxel 0,125mm), e as imagens analisadas por 3 softwares de planejamento de implantes, sendo eles: Xoran versão 5.0 (XR) (Xoran Technologies® Inc, Ann Harbor, MI, USA); DentalSlice versão 2010 (DS) (Bioparts®, Brasília, Brasil) e OsiriX 1.2 (OX) (Pixmeo®, Genebra, Suiça). Foram realizadas medidas lineares nas regiões de maior extremidade em altura, largura , e altura da crista do rebordo até o teto do canal mandibular. Exatamente sobre as 8 demarcações as mandíbulas foram seccionadas para mensuração direta por meio de paquímetro digital. A correlação intraclasse (ICC) foi utilizada para calcular a confiabilidade intraexaminador (ICC=0,997) e interxaminador (ICC=0,995) obtendo uma excelente reprodutibilidade, assim para P1 e P2 em todos os softwares analisados para todos os tipos de mensurações. Para análise da precisão, os dados foram submetidos a análise estatística pelo teste t de Student, analisados entre dois grupos, e posteriormente a frequência de significância foi analisada pelo teste Exato de Fisher. As imagens mensuradas no software Xoran com voxel 0,125mm obtiveram resultados mais próximos das medidas reais, assim como o volume total de imagens de todos os softwares. Os resultados mostraram diferença entre os softwares Xoran e Osirix para os diferentes voxels, sugerindo apenas o voxel de 0,125mm para o uso do OsiriX em mandíbulas atróficas. / The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of implant planning software of images assessed from atrophic jaws using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) with different acquisition protocols. Ten total edentulous jaws received 8 markings in areas normally used for implant placement (4 in anterior and 4 posterior region) were used on orthodontic wires bonded to standardize regions. The jaws were scaneded CBCT 2 acquisition protocols , P1 (0.25 mm voxel) and P2 (0.125 mm voxel) , and analyzed by 3 implant planning software images: Xoran version 5.0 (XR) (Xoran Technologies ® Inc. , Ann Arbor , MI , USA) ; DentalSlice 2010 version (DS) (Bioparts ®, Brasilia, Brazil) and OsiriX 1.2 (OX) (Pixmeo ®, Geneva, Switzerland). Linear measurements were made in regions of higher end in height, width , and height of the crest of the ridge to the roof of the mandibular canal. Just about the demarcations jaws were sectioned for direct measurement by digital caliper. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to calculate the intra-rater reliability (ICC = 0.997) and interxaminador (ICC = 0.995) obtaining excellent reproducibility. For accuracy analysis , the data were analyzed statistically by the \" t test , analyzed between two groups, and then the frequency of significance was analyzed by Fisher exact test. The images measured in Xoran software with 0.125 mm voxel got closer to the actual outcomes measures, as well as the total volume of all software images . The results showed differences between the Xoran and OsiriX software for different voxels , suggesting only 0.125 mm voxel for using OsiriX in atrophic jaws .