Joint autonomy
Your last patient of the week is Teddy Rector, a quiet 12-year-old who is brought to you by his mother for an initial evaluation. Ms Rector communicates her dissatisfaction with…
Orthodontics
Authors’ response
We agree that anterior open bite is frequently accompanied by transverse and sagittal discrepancies. In our case report, the patient did in fact have a bilateral posterior crossbite, as can…
Concern about selection of the subjects
We read with interest the article by Kandasamy et al in the October issue investigating the condylar position by magnetic resonance imaging after various bite position registrations, in an effort to…
Treatment of open bite and closing of relapsed space
We thank Drs Jose Bosio and Roberto Justus for their wonderful case report (Bosio JA, Justus R. Treatment and retreatment of a patient with a severe anterior open bite. Am…
Author’s response
First, we want to thank Marcio José da Silva Campos et al for their remarks on our article. We agree that the 2 extraction patients will affect the outcome of treatment…
Thirty-two-year follow-up study of Herbst therapy
In the article of Dr Pancherz et al (Pancherz H, Bjerklin K, Lindskog-Stokland B, Hansen K. Thirty-two-year follow-up study of Herbst therapy: a biometric dental cast analysis. Am J Orthod Dentofacial…
Authors’ response
We thank Drs Tian and Han for their interest in our study. Most importantly, our study was designed to assess the validity of 3 bite registrations. If there was a…
Molar uprighting by a nickel-titanium spring based on a setup model
Molar uprighting is an important adjunctive treatment in orthodontics: repositioning the tilted molar eliminates the potentially pathologic condition and simplifies the ultimate restorative procedure. Although various methods for molar uprighting…
Class II malocclusion with complex problems treated with a novel combination of lingual orthodontic appliances and lingual arches
This case report describes a novel method of combining lingual appliances and lingual arches to control horizontal problems. The patient, who was 25 years of age at her first visit…
Proposed AJO-DOResource Center on cone-beam computed tomography imaging
As more of us get used to going online to find new information, it becomes almost routine to look for “ Cochrane.org ” as one of our best sources of…
