What a year!
When this issue reaches you, I will have concluded my first year as Editor-in-Chief of the AJO-DO . It has been an exciting, productive, and eventful year. Although I will…
Don’t throw the scientific self-ligation baby out with the commercial bathwater
As an orthodontic researcher, it behooves me to address certain omissions of fact along with the growing errors emanating from the Guest Editorial in the September 2010 issue, “In the…
Three-dimensional dental model constructed from an average dental form
Introduction The purposes of this study were (1) to discover a simple method for computing an average dental form, (2) to evaluate the validity of the new computing method, and…
Patient with nonsyndromic bilateral and multiple impacted teeth and dentigerous cysts
This article reports the successful treatment of a patient with the unusual occurrence of bilateral and multiple dentigerous cysts of the premolars. One impacted mandibular premolar was moved by traction…
Primary stability and histomorphometric bone-implant contact of self-drilling and self-tapping orthodontic microimplants
Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the primary stability and the histomorphometric measurements of self-drilling and self-tapping orthodontic microimplants and the correlations between factors related to host,…
Miniscrew covering: An alternative to prevent traumatic lesions
During orthodontic treatment with miniscrews, complications such as aphthous ulceration, soft-tissue coverage of the miniscrew head, soft-tissue inflammation, infection, and peri-implantitis can occur. Good hygiene can prevent inflammation by infection but…
Correction of skeletal Class III malocclusion with clockwise rotation of the maxillomandibular complex
A 19-year-old woman with skeletal Class III malocclusion, paranasal depression, and a low mandibular plane angle was treated with orthodontics and orthognathic surgery. Dental decompensation and protraction of maxillary right…
Digital technology in the orthodontic laboratory
Four relatively new technologies are now key in orthodontic specialty laboratories: digital photography, laser welding, computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, and intraoral scanners. The purposes of this article are to briefly describe…
Tiziano Baccetti, 1966-2011
Tiziano Baccetti It is with profound sadness that we write these words about our close friend and colleague, Tiziano Baccetti. On November 25, 2011, Tiziano died accidentally in a fall…
A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial on the effects of recombinant human relaxin on tooth movement and short-term stability
Introduction Moving teeth rapidly and avoiding posttreatment relapse are fundamental goals of orthodontic treatment. In-vitro and animal studies suggest that the human hormone relaxin might increase the rate of movement…
