Introduction For over 50 years, the American Heart Association has made recommendations for the prevention of infective endocarditis. The first guidelines were published in 1955; since then, they have been…
Introduction Asthma is a common systemic disease occurring in infancy and adolescence, time periods that could encompass orthodontic treatment. Asthma is an inflammatory disease; therefore, it might interfere with orthodontic…
Introduction Our objectives were to determine the validity and reproducibility of measurements on stereolithographic models and 3-dimensional digital dental models made with an intraoral scanner. Methods Ten dry human skulls…
Introduction Many authors have examined the surgical bone treatment of cleft palate patients, but no study has emphasized the role of orthodontic therapy. The aims of this study were to…
Presurgical nasoalveolar molding in cleft patients Suri S, Disthaporn S, Atenafu EG, Fisher DM. Presurgical presentation of columellar features, nostril anatomy, and alveolar alignment in bilateral cleft lip and palate…
One continuing challenge for all orthodontists is to maintain the balance between the quantity of patients in active treatment and the quality of the treatment results. How do you achieve…
You finally arrive home after another hectic day at the office, late for dinner again. Just as you hang up your coat, your cell phone rings. It’s Jim, a classmate…
We appreciate the interest of Drs Ye, Li, and Lai in the controversial topic of airway volume assessment with CBCT. Below are our responses to their questions. The aim of…
With interest, we read the Techno Bytes article on analyzing airway volume by using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in the May 2012 issue of the AJO-DO . The authors used…
Clinicians do not frequently see impacted dilacerated maxillary incisors in their patients. When they do, there are several diagnostic and management challenges for correcting root dilacerations. An unfavorable esthetic outcome might…
