Orthodontics

Clinical outcomes assessment of consecutively finished patients in a 24-month orthodontic residency: A 5-year perspective

Apr 13, 2017 by in Orthodontics Comments Off on Clinical outcomes assessment of consecutively finished patients in a 24-month orthodontic residency: A 5-year perspective

Introduction The purpose of this study was to report on the clinical outcomes of a 24-month orthodontic residency. Methods One examiner scored 1019 consecutive pretreatment records and 714 consecutive posttreatment…

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Treatment of adult Class III malocclusions with orthodontic therapy or orthognathic surgery: Receiver operating characteristic analysis

Apr 13, 2017 by in Orthodontics Comments Off on Treatment of adult Class III malocclusions with orthodontic therapy or orthognathic surgery: Receiver operating characteristic analysis

Introduction The aim of this study was to distinguish between orthodontic patients with skeletal Class III malocclusions requiring surgery and those not requiring surgery by conducting a receiver operating characteristic…

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Effect of antibacterial monomer-containing adhesive on enamel demineralization around orthodontic brackets: An in-vivo study

Apr 13, 2017 by in Orthodontics Comments Off on Effect of antibacterial monomer-containing adhesive on enamel demineralization around orthodontic brackets: An in-vivo study

Introduction The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of an antibacterial monomer-containing self-etching adhesive in reducing enamel demineralization around orthodontic brackets in vivo and to compare it…

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Biased look at self-ligation

Apr 13, 2017 by in Orthodontics Comments Off on Biased look at self-ligation

The August 2010 “Ask Us” article was not an impartial look at self-ligation (Marshall SD, Currier GF, Hatch NE, Huang GJ, Nah HD, Owens SE, et al. Self-ligating bracket claims. Am…

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Working for another

Apr 13, 2017 by in Orthodontics Comments Off on Working for another

A reader wrote the following. I graduated from my orthodontic residency this past May and have been working part time in practice A for 6 months on the east coast….

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