Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate craniocervical posture and hyoid bone position in orthodontic patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc displacement. Methods The subjects consisted of 170…
In orthodontic research, investigators often design studies in which the main response variable is measured repeatedly over time. Compared with cross-sectional designs, repeated-measures designs allow a more definitive evaluation of…
Introduction The aim of this longitudinal 32-year follow-up investigation was to analyze the very long-term effects of Herbst treatment on the dentoskeletal structures. We followed 14 patients from a sample…
Introduction Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) gives orthodontists and other dental clinicians 3-dimensional information for planning treatment in the craniofacial region. Often overlooked are incidental findings outside the treatment region of…
How do you explain difficult problems in orthodontics and traumatic injuries to the teeth in an easy and comprehensible way for the clinician? This has been done in a new…
In my risk management courses, a topic I discuss is how to document that you received a patient’s informed consent. In reality, there is a hierarchy of documentation methods. Think…
Introduction Orthognathic patients appear to be increasingly using the Internet to obtain information about their proposed treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the information that orthognathic patients…
Introduction The aims of this study were to quantitatively evaluate the changes in arch widths and buccolingual inclinations of the posterior teeth after asymmetric rapid maxillary expansion (ARME) and to…
Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a fixed functional appliance (Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device; 3M Unitek, Monrovia, Calif) on the mandible with 3-dimensional finite…
Introduction Our objective was to quantitatively assess and compare the bisphenol A (BPA) released from an orthodontic adhesive using a light-emitting diode device (LED) or a halogen light-curing unit (HLC)…
Effects of surface preparation on shear bond strength Elnafar AA, Alam MK, Hasan R. The impact of surface preparation on shear bond strength of metallic orthodontic brackets bonded with a…
Ms Samson returns to your office to discuss—again—the orthodontic options to address her maxillary anterior crowding. You gave her a diagnosis and several treatment options about a year ago, but…
I was rather taken aback to read an article in the September 2014 issue that used cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) to measure airway changes in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea….
We wish to thank Dr Yongwen Guo for his interest and thoughtful review of our article in the AJO-DO . The exposures or interventions we used in our study were…
With interest, I read about the study by Williams et al in the February 2014 issue of the AJO-DO . I congratulate and appreciate the authors of this study for their efforts…
We thank Dr Antosz for his interest in our article, “Three-dimensional upper-airway changes with maxillomandibular advancement for obstructive sleep apnea treatment.” We hope we can clarify the issues for him….
Introduction The aim of this study was to assess the bone morphology of teeth mesialized into the grafted region in patients with unilateral alveolar cleft. Methods The sample comprised 30…
We thank Drs Yan, Wang, and Zhou for their interest in our study (Yang X, Li C, Bai D, Su N, Chen T, Xu Y, Xianglong H. Treatment effectiveness of Fränkel…
The professional distinction of “surgeon-dentist,” created in France in the 18th century, stimulated dentistry’s early advance as a learned profession. By 1841, Pierre-Joachim Lefoulon coined the term “orthodontosie,” which was…
We read with great interest the systematic review of the Fränkel appliance in the August 2014 issue of the Journal (Yang X, Li C, Bai D, Su N, Chen T,…
