Introduction The purposes of this study were to evaluate and compare the dentoskeletal changes concurrent with 4-point bone-borne and tooth-borne rapid maxillary expanders in growing children. Methods The study was…
Introduction Our objective was to measure the impact on perceived root resorption based on the amount of anteroposterior incisal inclination as determined in vitro from conventional panoramic radiography. Methods A rapid…
Introduction The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on the rate of orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) into bone-grafted alveolar defects based on…
Introduction The craniofacial morphology of subjects with cleft lip and palate differs from that of subjects without clefts. Subjects with bilateral cleft lip and palate tend to have maxillary retrognathism,…
Fig Gus Sotiropoulos If someone asked Dr Gus G. Sotiropoulos when he was born he would say “February 26, 1926,” and then quickly add “ ad .” He died on…
When the normality assumption for a parametric test is not met, we have 2 options: we can try to find a transformation to normality for the data, or we can…
Introduction The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effects of facemask protraction combined with alternating rapid palatal expansion and constriction (RPE/C) vs rapid palatal expansion (RPE)…
Introduction Variations in treatment times for serial extraction and late premolar extraction patients may be due to differences in the time needed to flatten the occlusal curves. In this study,…
The other day, I was sitting in the doctors’ lounge at the hospital having a cup of coffee before clinic was to start. There on the table was the May…
Introduction Our objective was to identify factors associated with orthodontic treatment satisfaction of patients and their caregivers, when applicable. Methods MEDLINE via Ovid, PubMed, EBM Reviews and EMBASE via OVIDSP,…
