The comprehensive treatment of a patient with cleft lip and palate requires an interdisciplinary approach for functional and esthetic outcomes. A 20-year-old woman with bilateral cleft lip and palate had…
Introduction The purpose of this study was to determine the dimensional changes that occur in the alveolar ridge of patients upon distalization of the mandibular first premolars into the place…
Introduction In this retrospective longitudinal study, we aimed to study differences in the soft-tissue profiles in growing children with clefts in comparison with controls through the period of facial growth…
Introduction Estimating the mesiodistal widths of the mandibular permanent canines and premolars is an essential aspect of mixed dentition analysis. A method is proposed to predict the sum of the…
An 8-year-old girl with a skeletal Class III malocclusion was treated in 2 phases. Maxillary expansion and protraction were carried out as the early intervention. However, her maxillary hypoplasia and…
Introduction Cervical vertebral column morphology and head posture were examined and related to craniofacial morphology in preorthodontic children and adolescents with anterior open bite. Methods One hundred eleven patients (ages,…
In observational studies, where the occurrence of a condition is of interest, we must initially define the study population. We often refer to the study population as the population at…
This is the first scholarly history of dentistry written in the past 26 years, using as a jumping-off point Asbell’s Dentistry: A historical perspective (1988). Other books published during that…
Introduction The aim of this research was to compare maxillary and mandibular molar heights and incisor inclinations in patients with skeletal open-bite Class II, patients with skeletal open-bite Class III,…
Introduction Enamel demineralization and gingival inflammation are the most prevalent consequences of biofilm formation in orthodontics. Our hypothesis was that educating patients about the severe consequences of biofilm accumulation could…
Introduction Class II malocclusion affects about 15% of the population in the United States and is characterized by a convex profile and occlusal disharmonies. The specific etiologic mechanisms resulting in…
Introduction This study was designed to investigate dentoalveolar compensation in untreated skeletal Class III patients with either positive or negative overjet. Methods The positive overjet groups consisted of 104 adults,…
Introduction The concept of normality in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment is defined from the clinicians’ point of view or derived from concepts developed from observation of “ideal” persons. In-depth appreciation…
Less than a year from now, the editors of your Journal will ask you to join in celebrating 100 years of the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics (…
Bilateral mandibular distraction osteogenesis using an intraoral tooth-borne device El Bialy TH, Razdolsky Y, Kravitz ND, Dessner S, Elgazzar RF. Long-term results of bilateral mandibular distraction osteogenesis using an intraoral…
Ten-year-old Jimmy Campli is in your office for another surveillance appointment to evaluate his dentitional development. Jimmy’s deciduous teeth have been slow to emerge, and development of his permanent dentition…
We thank our colleagues for their thoughtful remarks. The most important notion advanced in our study is that tooth movement is the result of an inflammatory process that controls the…
It was refreshing to read the article “Effect of micro-osteoperforations on the rate of tooth movement” in the November issue (Alikhani M, Raptis M, Zoldan B, Sangsuwon C, Lee YB,…
Material and methods Forty-eight stainless steel (medical class 316 LVM; Dentos, Daegu, South Korea) and 48 titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V; Dentos) self-threading MSIs (length, 6 mm; diameter, 1.6 mm), of identical…
Oral focal mucinosis is a rare soft-tissue lesion that might result from the overproduction of hyaluronic acid by fibroblasts. The lesions are commonly found on the gingiva and palate; however,…
