I want to thank the editor of the AJO-DO for inviting me to respond to the essay by Professor Rudy Slavicek. Unlike him, I won’t be starting at the time…
We would like to thank Dr Ellis for her interest in our recent guest editorial. We were disappointed that she felt that our criticism of practitioners who do not fully…
Success of maxillary canine autotransplantation Patel S, Fanshawe T, Bister D, Cobourne MT. Survival and success of maxillary canine autotransplantation: a retrospective investigation. Eur J Orthod 2010; e-pub, September 2010….
In their recent guest editorial (O’Brien K, Sandler J. In the land of no evidence, is the saleman king? Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2010;138:247-9), Drs O’Brien and Sandler leveled…
The succession of hominids about 5 or 6 million years ago led to continuous development that culminated in Homo . The first Homo , also known by the basic designation…
We would like to thank Dr Spassov and coworkers for their interest in our research work. The concerns by Dr Spassov and his team probably derive from their lack of…
It’s a familiar situation in education: a first-year orthodontic resident is offered a copy of last year’s board questions from the preceding class. Should he accept the questions and use…
With the January 2011 issue, the AJO-DO enters its 96th year, I become the seventh editor-in-chief, and Dave Turpin concludes his highly successful career as journal editor. First of all,…
We were delighted to find that the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics has continued to publish on key issues in early orthodontic diagnosis, offering its readers articles that…
Introduction Although much imaging research has focused on the localization and the management of impacted canines, optimal biomechanics for successful recovery are not clear. The purpose of this research was…
