OBJECTIVE: To compare dental and skeletal anchorages in mandibular canine retraction by means of a stress distribution analysis.METHODS: A photoelastic model was produced from second molar to canine, without the first premolar, and mandibular canine retraction was simulated by a rubber band tied to two types of anchorage: dental anchorage, in the f
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The intervertebral disc is a complex structure responsible for flexibility, multi-axial motion, and load transmission throughout the spine.Importantly, degeneration of the intervertebral disc is thought to be an initiating factor for back pain.Due to a lack of understanding of the pathways that govern disc degeneration, there are currently no disea
Two new species of the genus Parentia Hardy, 1935 from South Africa are described.An identification key to males of seven Afrotropical species is compiled for the first time.Parentia magnicornis sp.n.male differs reliably from other Afrotropical species of the genus in enlarged antennal postpedicel and Leveling Foot modified 2nd segment of the mid