Alloplastic chin implants have been a valuable treatment modality for the correction of microgenia. Their use has provided satisfactory esthetic results by improving facial balance. However, bone resorption under these…
We appreciate this valuable opportunity to discuss our study and hope this explanation will be helpful for evaluating patients with facial asymmetry. In the beginning of this study, we questioned…
I read with great interest the article in the August issue of the AJO-DO entitled “Statistical shape analysis-based determination of optimal midsagittal reference plane for evaluation of facial asymmetry.” The…
Thank you for giving us the chance to respond to Ide and colleagues’ comments about our article, “Eruption of an impacted canine in an adenomatoid odontogenic tumor treated with combined orthodontic…
We read with some surprise a clinical report by Erdur et al in the June 2016 issue of the AJO-DO . The authors presented a textbook case of adenomatoid odontogenic tumor…
We report on the successful treatment of a 32-year-old woman with condylar hyperplasia and severe mandibular crowding. In addition, her maxilla was canted to the right, her mandibular midline and…
Year by year more propaganda is circulating among the laymen that it is quite possible and practicable to treat cases of malocclusion successfully and with dispatch within only a few…
Introduction Rapid prototyping models can be reconstructed from stereolithographic digital study model data to produce hard-copy casts. In this study, we aimed to compare agreement and accuracy of measurements made…
Introduction The purposes of this study were to compare the buccolingual inclinations of the posterior teeth in skeletal Class III patients with and without facial asymmetry with those of skeletal…
Introduction Our objective was to report a patient treated with 3-dimensional virtual-surgery simulation-assisted asymmetric bilateral mandibular distraction osteogenesis. Methods A boy (age, 9.5 years) had mandibular hypoplasia and facial asymmetry, induced…
