It is my great honor to review TMD and orthodontics by Sanjivan Kandasamy, Charles Greene, Donald Rinchuse, and John Stockstill. These editors are all well known and have published numerous…
Introduction The influence of 4 commonly used fixed orthodontic appliances on artifact formation and diagnostic quality of magnetic resonance (MR) images of the head produced by a 3-T MR scanner…
Introduction The statin class of drugs enhances osteogenesis and suppresses bone resorption, which could be a plausible biologic mechanism for mitigation of orthodontic relapse. We aimed to determine whether atorvastatin…
Introduction The purpose of this study was to assess the anatomic structure of the buccal alveolar bone in the infrazygomatic crest region with cone-beam computed tomography to locate safe zones…
Introduction Head and neck skeletal anomalies or normal variants might predict the occurrence of palatally displaced impacted maxillary canines. Despite their clinical importance, studies in this regard are rare, especially…
Introduction Genetic studies of malocclusion etiology have identified 4 deleterious mutations in genes DUSP6, ARHGAP21 , FGF23 , and ADAMTS1 in familial Class III cases. Although these variants may have…
Introduction Our objectives were to assess the force degradation of orthodontic latex elastics over 48 hours in vivo and to study the relationship between the amount of mouth opening and the degree…
Introduction The objectives of this study were to quantify in vitro the Bisphenol A (BPA) release from 5 orthodontic composites and to assess in vivo the BPA level in patients’ saliva and…
Introduction The objective of this study was to identify the board certification protocols that hospital and university-based postgraduate orthodontic programs have in place to prepare residents for the American Board…
