This case report describes the interdisciplinary treatment of a 39-year-old man with several missing teeth (including both maxillary lateral incisors), Class II malocclusion, deep overbite, and significant mandibular midline deviation….
This article reports the successful use of miniscrews in the mandible to treat a 20-year-old Mongolian woman with a chief complaint of anterior crossbite. The patient had a skeletal Class…
In this article, I will provide a short review of the fundamentals of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) before I move on to observational studies. It will be in a…
Introduction The characteristics of patients who seek and accept orthognathic surgery appear to be changing over time but have not been well documented in the 21st century. Methods Records for…
Most of us have heard, at some point in our lives, a version of the following situation. One spouse, usually a wife, feels threatened because the other spouse has an…
Introduction Good oral hygiene is a challenge for orthodontic patients because food readily becomes trapped around the brackets and under the archwires, and appliances are an obstruction to mechanical brushing….
Introduction In this study, we tested the efficacy of a tooth sealant polish (Biscover LV; Bisco, Schaumberg, Ill) to prevent enamel demineralization (white spot lesions) for the full duration of…
Introduction To understand the growth patterns of skeletal open bite and deepbite, we present observations from 9 years of pure longitudinal data based on lateral cephalometric radiographs using mixed-effects regression…
Introduction With the advent of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans, there has been a transition toward these scans’ replacing traditional radiographs for orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Children represent a…
Introduction The nasal septum is thought to be a primary growth cartilage for the midface and, as such, has been implicated in syndromes involving midfacial hypoplasia. However, this internal structure…
