When trust is violated
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…
Orthodontics
Methods used to evaluate “black spaces”
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…
Author’s response
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…
Computed gray levels in multislice and cone-beam computed tomography
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…
Prevalence of peg-shaped maxillary permanent lateral incisors: A meta-analysis
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….
Orthodontically induced eruption of a horizontally impacted maxillary central incisor
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…
Glossectomy as an adjunct to correct an open-bite malocclusion with shortened maxillary central incisor roots
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…
Durability of esthetic improvement following Icon resin infiltration of multibracket-induced white spot lesions compared with no therapy over 6 months: A single-center, split-mouth, randomized clinical trial
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…
Palatally impacted maxillary canine with congenitally missing lateral incisors and midline diastema
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…
Effect of piezopuncture on tooth movement and bone remodeling in dogs
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…
