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,…
