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Your next patient is a friendly 31-year-old woman who recently moved to your town from a military base on the East Coast. She is newly divorced from a serviceman who…
Authors’ response
We want to thank Drs Fang and Li for their interest in our article and take this opportunity to clarify some issues on the methodology and interpretation of our results….
Factors related to rate of tooth movement
It was fascinating to read the investigation about the factors related to the rate of tooth movement in the May 2013 issue of the AJO-DO (Dudic A, Giannopoulou C, Kiliaridis…
Authors’ response
We would like to thank Dr Yongwen Guo for his questions about our article, since this allows us to clarify certain points and prevents misunderstandings and wrong interpretations of the…
Rate of orthodontically induced tooth movement
With interest, we read the recent study reported by Dudic et al in the May 2013 issue of the AJO-DO (Dudic A, Giannopoulou C, Kiliaridis S. Factors related to the rate…
Craniofacial characteristics in unilateral complete cleft lip and palate patients with congenitally missing teeth
Introduction Congenitally missing permanent teeth are common in patients with clefts. This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the craniofacial characteristics in patients with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate…
Will the real authors please identify themselves?
Now that I am in my third year as editor-in-chief of the AJO-DO , I have noticed a disturbing trend. Increasing numbers of manuscripts submitted for peer review and possible…
Improvement of asymmetric stomatognathic functions, unilateral crossbite, and facial esthetics in a patient with skeletal Class III malocclusion and mandibular asymmetry, treated with orthognathic surgery
Patients with a dentofacial skeletal deformity have not only esthetic and morphologic problems related to facial proportions and dentition, but also problems of stomatognathic functions. Therefore, in addition to morphologic…
Authors’ response
We appreciate Drs Xiaoxia Feng and Zhihe Zhao’s interest and comments on our case report (Mirabella D, Giunta G, Lombardo L. Substitution of impacted canines by maxillary first premolars: a…
Substitution of maxillary first premolars for canines
In the January 2013 issue, Dr Davide Mirabella et al reported the successful treatment of impacted canines by extracting them, substituting first premolars, and then achieving a good occlusion and facial…
