Is ignorance bliss?
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…
Correction
Şar Ç, Şahinoğlu Z, Arman Özçırpıcı A, Uçkan S. Dentofacial effects of skeletal anchored treatment modalities for the correction of maxillary retrognathia. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2014;145:41-54. Dentofacial effects…
Author’s response
I would like to thank Drs Zeyun Tian and Yinqiu Yan for their comments and interest in our research article entitled “Tooth mineralization stages as a diagnostic tool for assessment…
Authors’ response
We thank Dr Wu for his interest in our article and for providing the opportunity to clarify the concerns regarding the methods used in this study. Regarding the distribution of…
Tooth mineralization stages as a diagnostic tool for assessment of skeletal maturity
We read with interest the article by Surendran and Thomas (Tooth mineralization stages as a diagnostic tool for assessment of skeletal maturity. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2014;145:7-14). First and…
Oral epithelial cell reaction and Invisalign treatment
I read the article “Oral epithelial cell reaction after exposure to Invisalign plastic material” in the January issue (Premaraj T, Simet S, Beatty M, Premaraj S. Am J Orthod Dentofacial…
Spontaneous improvement of gingival recession after correction of tooth positioning
A 30-year-old woman sought treatment for malpositioned mandibular incisors; the roots were positioned outside the alveolar bone, related to severe localized gingival recession. She had been previously treated orthodontically and…
Connect with the world…join the World Federation of Orthodontists
In less than a year, student membership in the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO) has nearly doubled. Today, over 1000 postgraduate orthodontic students from 60 countries are WFO members. Hoping…
Authors’ response
Thank you for your observant comments on our study. We agree that the terms “accuracy” and “reliability” describe 2 distinct issues; therefore, each stands alone in the context of the…
Accuracy and reproducibility of dental measurements using different technologies, methodologic mistake
I was interested to read the article by Grünheid et al in the February 2014 issue. The authors aimed to assess the accuracy and reproducibility of dental measurements on 3 types…
