Introduction The characteristics of patients who seek and accept orthognathic surgery appear to be changing over time but have not been well documented in the 21st century. Methods Records for…
Most of us have heard, at some point in our lives, a version of the following situation. One spouse, usually a wife, feels threatened because the other spouse has an…
Introduction Good oral hygiene is a challenge for orthodontic patients because food readily becomes trapped around the brackets and under the archwires, and appliances are an obstruction to mechanical brushing….
Introduction In this study, we tested the efficacy of a tooth sealant polish (Biscover LV; Bisco, Schaumberg, Ill) to prevent enamel demineralization (white spot lesions) for the full duration of…
Introduction To understand the growth patterns of skeletal open bite and deepbite, we present observations from 9 years of pure longitudinal data based on lateral cephalometric radiographs using mixed-effects regression…
Introduction With the advent of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans, there has been a transition toward these scans’ replacing traditional radiographs for orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Children represent a…
Introduction The nasal septum is thought to be a primary growth cartilage for the midface and, as such, has been implicated in syndromes involving midfacial hypoplasia. However, this internal structure…
Introduction The purpose of this study was to examine the overall success of miniscrews inserted in the paramedian palatal region for support of various appliances during orthodontic treatment. Methods The…
Maxillary segmental distraction for the treatment of primary failure of tooth eruption Shirota T, Hishida M, Yamaguchi T, Kurabayashi H, Maki K, Shintani S. Posterior maxillary segmental distraction for the…
Most orthodontists would agree that after a decade in private practice, a gradual shift in referrals occurs in a quality-oriented orthodontic office. Once a clinician begins to produce satisfied customers,…
Your thriving practice is situated in a working-class neighborhood where many families still pay cash for your services. Soon after you learn that your most reliable chairside assistant is expecting…
We read the recent study reported by Pithon et al in the March 2013 issue of the AJO-DO . We sincerely congratulate the authors and appreciate their contributions. However, we have…
I would like to thank Drs Guo and Bai for their interest in our article. Their comments were pertinent. I want to explain something that was not clear in our…
Introduction Gray level is the range of shades of gray in the pixels, representing the x-ray attenuation coefficient that allows for tissue density assessments in computed tomography (CT). An in-vitro…
Introduction The aim of this meta-analysis was to gain more insight into the prevalence of peg-shaped maxillary permanent lateral incisors and their associations with race, population type, sex, and sidedness….
This case report presents the clinical features and periodontal findings in a patient with a horizontally impacted maxillary central incisor that had been exposed and aligned after a closed-eruption surgical…
A young man, 19 years of age, with the chief complaint of an anterior open bite, came for orthodontic treatment with a skeletal Class I relationship, anterior open bite, shortened maxillary…
Introduction White spot lesions that form during orthodontic treatment are a problem for patients and clinicians. Lesion infiltration with low-viscosity light-cured resin has been proposed as a treatment to inhibit…
Multiple treatment options are available for patients who have impacted canines in addition to congenitally missing lateral incisors. This article describes the treatment of a 13-year-old postpubertal girl with bilaterally…
Introduction The aim of the study was to elucidate whether a newly developed, minimally invasive procedure, piezopuncture, would be a logical modification for accelerating tooth movement in the maxilla and…
