When to say “I’m sorry”
It’s been another long day at the office, and it’s about to get longer. As you sit down at your desk after discharging your last patient of the day, you…
Residents’ journal review
Panoramic radiographs for identifying supernumerary teeth Anthonappa RP, King NM, Rabie AB, Mallineni SK. Reliability of panoramic radiographs for identifying supernumerary teeth in children. Int J Paediatr Dent 2012;22:37-43 Although…
Authors’ response
Some researchers have contested the indiscriminant use of space maintainers and suggested that tooth migration to the space left by the extraction depends on factors such as whether the tooth…
Correction
Tai K, Park JH, Okadakage S, Mori S, and Sato Y. Orthodontic treatment for a patient with a unilateral cleft lip and palate and congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors and…
Space changes after premature loss of deciduous molars
It’s not that simple. The use of preventive and interceptive orthodontic appliances is intimately related to a fundamental knowledge of anatomy and physiology. An article in the December 2011 issue,…
Where are the great role models?
I will never forget how impressed I was with the caliber of the faculty who taught in my orthodontic residency. Some of these people were directors of the American Board…
Online only abstract
Treatment of a Class II Division 1 malocclusion with miniscrew anchorage Ning Zhang, Yuxing Bai, and Song Li. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2012;141:e85-e93 This case report describes the treatment…
Three-year follow-up of a patient with hemifacial microsomia treated with distraction osteogenesis, temporary anchorage devices, and orthodontics
The purpose of this case report is to describe the treatment, including 3-year follow-up records, for a patient with hemifacial microsmia. Treatment included the unusual use of temporary anchorage devices…
A new method to measure mesiodistal angulation and faciolingual inclination of each whole tooth with volumetric cone-beam computed tomography images
Introduction The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology to measure the mesiodistal angulation and the faciolingual inclination of each whole tooth (including the root) by using 3-dimensional…
Preeruptive intracoronal resorption observed in 13 patients
Introduction The literature on preeruptive intracoronal resorption is sparse, comprising mainly reports of single patients. This study includes 13 patients with preeruptive intracoronal resorption, forwarded for consultation regarding diagnostics and…
