When is enough, enough?
Mrs Kim is a cheerful 63-year-old who has been agreeable to any treatment plan you have proposed. Her initial presentation was complex. Her maxillary left canine was extracted in adolescence;…
Authors’ response
We wish to thank Drs Hall and Frazier for expressing their concerns about our comments. We could not agree more with the message; however, when putting pen to paper, occasionally…
Risk management strategies. Part 1: Clinical considerations
The August issue of the AJO-DO provided a review regarding clinical considerations for orthodontists to enhance the level of treatment while simultaneously minimizing the exposure to risk (Abdelkarim A, Jerrold…
Ultraviolet photofunctionalization of orthodontic miniscrews
We commend Dr Tabuchi et al for their study on ultraviolet (UV) photofunctionalization of orthodontic miniscrews (Tabuchi M, Ikeda T, Nakagawa K, Hirota M, Park M, Miyazawa K, et.al. Ultraviolet photofunctionalization…
Offense or defense?
I recently read a description of a research project that was an obvious disappointment to the people involved. It was a simple and well-motivated affair; the researchers wanted to relate…
User acceptance of a touchless sterile system to control virtual orthodontic study models
Introduction In this article, we present an evaluation of user acceptance of our innovative hand-gesture–based touchless sterile system for interaction with and control of a set of 3-dimensional digitized orthodontic…
Diagnosis and conservative treatment of skeletal Class III malocclusion with anterior crossbite and asymmetric maxillary crowding
A man, aged 28 years 9 months, came for an orthodontic consultation for a skeletal Class III malocclusion (ANB angle, −3°) with a modest asymmetric Class II and Class III molar relationship, complicated…
Posttreatment evaluation of maxillary canine positions in 15-year-old subjects
Introduction Esthetic improvement is a primary reason that people seek orthodontic treatment. The maxillary canine is considered by many to have great importance for both function and esthetics. Limited information…
Facial surface morphology predicts variation in internal skeletal shape
Introduction The regular collection of 3-dimensional (3D) imaging data is critical to the development and implementation of accurate predictive models of facial skeletal growth. However, repeated exposure to x-ray–based modalities…
Objective vs subjective analyses of arch form and preformed archwire selection
Introduction Maintaining a patient’s original arch form increases treatment stability. In this study, we assessed the agreement between subjective analyses of arch form and archwire selection by orthodontists and an…
