A case for collaboration
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…
CBCT volumetric analyses have no value in assessing functional airway
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….
Perceptions of midline deviations among different facial types
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…
Authors’ response
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…
Author’s response
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….
Are there bone dehiscences in maxillary canines orthodontically moved into the grafted alveolar cleft?
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…
Authors’ response
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…
Setting the stage for the AJO-DO: The haphazard times before orthodontic specialty journals
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…
Treatment effectiveness of the Fränkel function regulator on Class III malocclusion
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,…
Orthodontics—A vocation I love!
It is an absolute pleasure to write this editorial. I have been in orthodontic practice for over 53 years and have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to be part of a great…
