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Erratum to Combined maxillary and mandibular distraction osteogenesis in patients with hemifacial microsomia (Sant’Anna EF, Lau GWT, Marquezan M, de Souza Araújo MT, Polley JW, Figueroa AA. Am J Orthod…
Know when to fold ’em
Mrs Glasgow is the well-to-do owner of your town’s largest jewelry store, which has been in business for 3 generations. Complaining of temporalis pain upon awakening with episodic joint clicking,…
Postexpansion changes related to condylar position
We congratulate Melgaço et al for their pioneering work on postexpansion changes related to condylar positions by using cone-beam computed tomography technology (Melgaço CA, Neto JC, Jurach EM, Nojima Mda…
Breaking an old tradition
On the 100th anniversary of this Journal , I want to reflect on our state of knowledge. Reading multiple systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and letters to the editors can easily lead…
Authors’ response
We thank Drs Balachandran, Mishra, and Kharbanda for their interest in our article, “Immediate changes in condylar position after rapid maxillary expansion.” We are pleased to answer their queries. “If…
Celebration ’15!
The progress we have made over the past 100 years has been truly significant. In 1915, Woodrow Wilson was still in his first term as president of the United States, and…
Author’s response
Thank you for responding to my recent guest editorial, “Challenges faced by journal editors” (Turpin DL. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2015;147:285-9). You are wise to bring attention to the…
Bias is the key challenge in orthodontic research
The timely and thoughtful editorial by Dr Turpin sheds light on challenges encountered by orthodontic journal editors and reviewers when appraising the design, conduct, and reporting of research to facilitate…
Orthodontic treatment of a mandibular incisor fenestration resulting from a broken retainer
This article describes the orthodontic relapse with mandibular incisor fenestration in a 36-year-old man who had undergone orthodontic treatment 21 years previously. The patient reported that his mandibular 3 × 3 bonded retainer…
Development of a novel spike-like auxiliary skeletal anchorage device to enhance miniscrew stability
Introduction Miniscrews are frequently used for skeletal anchorage during edgewise treatment, and their clinical use has been verified. However, their disadvantage is an approximately 15% failure rate, which is primarily…
