Reflections on mentorship
When I received the invitation to write a Centennial Guest Editorial for the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics , after exactly 50 years as an orthodontist and educator, many…
The decade ahead: Finding a better way
I am overwhelmed with appreciation and admiration for the pioneers who forged and molded orthodontics from a trade to a learned profession. We can be proud of the changes in…
Orthodontics 2015: What’s happening now?
When I entered the specialty of orthodontics after some time in general practice, many of my older colleagues were saying that the golden age of orthodontics was over, never to…
I remember Charlie Tweed
When I returned from service in the U.S. Army Dental Corps in World War II, I started a dental practice in Rockville Centre, New York, but soon developed an interest…
A journal by any other name
When Charles V. Mosby and Martin Dewey launched their new journal in 1915, they gave it a name that seemed to say it all: International Journal of Orthodontia . Lest…
A century of influence: Part 1. Orthodontic pioneers
The story of orthodontics during the first 100 years of Journal publication can be told through the people who lived it. As part of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial…
100 Years of Publishing, 100 People of Influence
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The 100 people most influencing the specialty of orthodontics, 1915-2014
The single most important ingredient that has affected the success and progress of orthodontics over the last 100 years is people. The success of the specialty cannot be explained by the…
Interdisciplinary orthodontic treatment for a patient with generalized aggressive periodontitis: Assessment of IgG antibodies to identify type of periodontitis and correct timing of treatment
Aggressive periodontitis is a great challenge to clinicians when providing orthodontic treatment because of the potential for progression of periodontal disease. In this article, we report the successful comprehensive orthodontic…
Replacement of a first molar and 3 second molars by the mesial inclination of 4 impacted third molars in an adult with a Class II Division 1 malocclusion
This case report presents the successful replacement of 1 first molar and 3 second molars by the mesial inclination of 4 impacted third molars. A woman, 23 years 6 months…
