Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients’, parents’, and orthodontists’ perspectives on orthodontic treatment duration and techniques for accelerating the rate of tooth movement. Methods Adolescent patients…
Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concept that the affected and contralateral sides do not grow at the same rate in patients with hemifacial microsomia. Changes…
A topic of great interest to our readers this year is the use of surgical techniques to allow faster tooth movement and shorter treatment times. With this in mind, we…
Melanie is a friendly second-year architecture student with a pleasant smile. You notice her right maxillary midline deviation the moment she greets you. Her chief concern is “My smile looks…
Introduction The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a nonconventional elastomeric ligature (Slide; Leone, Florence, Italy) with those of a conventional elastomeric ligature (Ormco, Orange, Calif)…
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital growth disorder. Children born with BWS develop enlarged organs, including the tongue, a large body, and other signs. A woman with BWS was treated…
Observational studies in orthodontics, such as cohort or case-control studies that examine the influence of risk factors on the occurrence of malocclusions, are especially prone to confounding, as are similar…
Introduction In orthodontics, adding restorative materials on occlusal or lingual surfaces is a common method to create a mini-biteplane to increase patients’ vertical dimension temporarily to facilitate several treatment procedures….
Is it okay for an expert witness to say that the standard of care is X, but, personally, I do Y? Smethers v. Campion , 1 CA-CV 04-0117, Dept. C…
Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate the biologic response of dentoalveolar bone to archwire expansion with light-to-moderate continuous forces. Methods With a split-mouth experimental design, the maxillary…
Introduction The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess the frequency and localizations of bond failures (BFs) in patients treated with either lingual (TOP-Service für Lingualtechnik GmbH, a 3M…
Introduction The aim of this study was to analyze stress distribution and displacement of the craniofacial structures resulting from bone-borne rapid maxillary expanders with and without surgical assistance using finite…
Introduction The aim of this study was to compare the orthodontic clinical outcomes of 2 maxillary premolar extraction, 4 premolar extraction, and nonextraction treatment protocols. Methods The sample for this…
Introduction Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) is the procedure of choice for treatment of adults with transverse maxillary deficiency greater than 7 mm. There is no consensus about the…
Introduction The purpose of this study was to analyze the initial changes in salivary mutans streptococci levels after orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. Methods Our subjects consisted of 58 adults….
Introduction The aim of this study was to compare the time to initial alignment and extraction space closure using conventional brackets and active and passive self-ligating brackets. Methods One hundred…
Class I extraction vs nonextraction predictors Konstantonis D, Anthopoulou C, Makou M. Extraction decision and identification of treatment predictors in Class I malocclusions. Prog Orthod 2013;14:47 The decision to extract…
The desire to have complete control over anchorage is no doubt universal among orthodontists. About 100 years after orthodontists first started using tooth-borne anchorage for orthodontic treatment, temporary skeletal anchorage…
According to Newton’s Third Law, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Orthodontists must acknowledge this law every time they try to move teeth. Simply stated, every…
Sandy is a lovely 13-year-old patient and your daughter’s classmate. Your initial examination revealed a left Class II relationship with peg-shaped lateral incisors. The retained maxillary left deciduous canine lies…
