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    A patient with severely anterior cross bite during the growth period treated with a myofunctional training device

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    Although functional jaw orthopedic appliances have been used to treat anterior cross bite during the growth and development period, its functional effect for severely anterior cross bite has not been clarified. Cases treated with a myofunctional training device for deciduous tooth anterior cross bite have been reported, but normally, these devices are not used to improve occlusion of patients with severly anterior cross bite. The patient was an 8-year and 4-month-old boy with Skeletal 3 anterior cross bite, Terminal plane Mesial step type with -3 mm over jet and +6 mm over bite, and ANB of -3.0° and U1 to SN of 86°. We proposed the conventional treatment method, but active treatment was rejected due to various background factors, and consent could not be obtained. Thus, we proposed the use of a myofunctional training device and consent was obtained. The attached device guided the abnormal pressure of various muscles of the oral cavity in an appropriate direction and promoted forward development of the upper jaw. ANB improved to +1.0°, curvature of Spee was flattened, and labial inclination of the upper teeth and inferior backward growth of the mandible were observed, which improved coverage of the upper tooth region that the patient most strongly desired

    Removal of acetaldehyde gas using wet scrubber coupled with photo-Fenton reaction

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    The feasibility of the combined air-cleaning method, which consisted of a wet scrubber and the photo-Fenton reaction, in the removal of gaseous acetaldehyde was evaluated. An acetaldehyde-gas removal efficiency of 99% was achieved in the one-pass test (residence time of 17 s) using an inlet acetaldehyde-gas concentration of 1000 ppb at an initial total-iron-ion concentration of 50 mg L−1 and initial hydrogen peroxide concentration of 630 mg L−1. Even at the low initial total-iron-ion concentration of 4 mg L−1, a removal efficiency of 92% was achieved. The acetaldehyde removal efficiency was relatively independent of the initial hydrogen peroxide concentration. UV irradiation further augmented the rate of the photo-Fenton reaction leading to enhanced acetaldehyde-gas removal

    クラウンループの先端形状と離脱との関係 有限要素法シミュレーションによる考察

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    下顎第一乳臼歯が早期に喪失した場合、保隙のためにクラウンループが適用されることが多い。ループの先端の形状により、ループが歯肉にくい込むこと、歯から離脱することが報告されている。本研究の目的は、有限要素法を用いたシミュレーションから、異なるループ先端形状(3つの形状、W形状、I形状、U形状)のクラウンループが歯およびクラウンループの動きに及ぼす影響をシミュレートすることであった。計算方法は以下の通りである:近心方向の力を第二乳臼歯に適用した場合および、近心方向と同時に舌側方向に力を加えた場合、歯とクラウンループの移動について有限要素法を用いてシミュレーションした。その結果、以下の結論を得た。1.クラウンループに近心方向の力が負荷されると、第二乳臼歯は近心傾斜する。その結果、クラウンループ先端は歯頸に向かって沈下した。その沈下量は、W形、I形、U形の順に増加した。2.クラウンループに近心方向と同時に舌側方向に力を負荷すると、U形では、ループ先端が沈下するとともに、舌側方向へ移動した。その結果、ループ先端は乳犬歯から離脱した。3.W形ループの場合、ループ先端の舌側移動は極めて小さく、乳犬歯からの離脱を防止できることが判明した
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