We appreciate Dr Smith’s comments regarding his belief that the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) should suspend lobbying to repeal the Medical Device Excise Tax (MDET). Although we may disagree…
Abbas et al did a commendable job in taking upon themselves a huge project involving 2 surgical procedures with a control intertwined in a prospective randomized clinical trial. However, much is…
“No law is sufficiently convenient to all.” “Let the bears pay the bear tax. I’ll pay the Homer tax.” For the past several years, the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO)…
Transposition of the maxillary canine and the lateral incisor is a complex dental anomaly to treat. The difficulty increases if the treatment aims to correct the transposition. These case reports…
Introduction The goals of this study were to compare the effects that cervical and high-pull headgear have on the vertical dimensions in Class II Division 1 patients during phase 1 treatment…
In their interesting and timely review in the June 2016 issue of the AJO-DO , Dr Fadi Ata-Ali et al cited an article of ours that was published in 2013 in…
Introduction In this study we aimed to compare measurements on plaster models using a digital caliper, and on 3-dimensional (3D) digital models, produced using a structured-light scanner, using 3D software….
A girl, aged 11 years 4 months, with a skeletal Class II pattern and a severe overjet (10 mm) was treated with a Twin-block appliance. After 9 months of appliance therapy, the skeletal Class…
Since the advent of popular clear aligner systems, including but not limited to Invisalign, there has been an increased need for a textbook with good scientific evidence on the topic….
Protraction of mandibular posterior teeth requiring absolute anchorage has always been a challenge, especially when the space is located in the anterior region, since more teeth must be protracted. Traditionally,…
