Authors’ response
We appreciate Drs Xu and Li’s interest in our article and are happy to have an opportunity to discuss issues related to 3D technology in orthodontics. In terms of the…
Orthodontics
It’s our duty!
How would you react to this situation? Your 12-year-old daughter is playing on a select soccer team. Her teammates come from various schools in your city and also from the…
Image superimposition method in tooth movement and arch dimension changes evaluation
We read with interest Min-Young Cho and colleagues’ article on three-dimensional (3D) analysis of tooth movement and arch dimension changes by superimposing 3D virtual images (Cho MY, Choi JH, Lee…
Author’s response
Claims of treatment (appliance) superiority must be analyzed rationally and dispassionately. Otherwise, scientific truth might be lost in the smoke of heated argument without resolution. To assess the evidence for…
Online only abstracts
Tongue movements in patients with skeletal Class III malocclusions evaluated with real-time balanced turbo field echo cine magnetic resonance imaging Serkan Görgülü, Deniz Sağdç, Erol Akin, Şeniz Karaçay, and Nail…
Replacing a failed mini-implant with a miniplate to prevent interruption during orthodontic treatment
Introduction When mini-implants fail during orthodontic treatment, there is a need to have a backup plan to either replace the failed implant in the adjacent interradicular area or wait for…
Influence of different modeling strategies for the periodontal ligament on finite element simulation results
Introduction The finite element method is a promising tool to investigate the material properties and the structural response of the periodontal ligament (PDL). To obtain realistic and reproducible results during…
Total distalization of the maxillary arch in a patient with skeletal Class II malocclusion
In nongrowing patients with skeletal Class II malocclusion, premolar extraction or maxillary molar distalization can be used as camouflage treatment. Orthodontic miniscrew implants are widely used for this purpose because…
How does tooth eruption relate to vertical mandibular growth displacement?
Introduction Our objectives were to investigate the eruptive patterns of the mandibular teeth and assess their associations with mandibular growth displacements. Methods Cephalograms for a mixed-longitudinal sample of 124 French-Canadian…
Short-term and long-term stability of surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion revisited
Introduction The purpose of this article is to present further longitudinal data for short-term and long-term stability, following up our previous article in the surgery literature with a larger sample…
Transposition of a maxillary canine and a lateral incisor and use of cone-beam computed tomography for treatment planning
This report describes the orthodontic treatment of a 12-year-old girl with transposition of the maxillary left canine and the lateral incisor. Cone-beam computed tomography was used during treatment planning. The…
Comparison of oral impacts experienced by patients treated with labial or customized lingual fixed orthodontic appliances
Introduction Our objective was to compare the oral impacts experienced by patients treated with labial or customized lingual fixed orthodontic appliances. Methods This was an age- and sex-matched prospective longitudinal…
Maxillary osteosarcoma in a young patient undergoing postorthodontic treatment follow-up: The importance of ongoing oral examinations
Osteosarcoma is a common primary malignant tumor in long bones; it generally occurs in young adults. It is considered infrequent in the head and neck regions, where it is usually…
Vertical craniofacial growth changes in French-Canadians between 10 and 15 years of age
Introduction Because of limited available reference data, this study described the vertical growth changes that occur in untreated adolescents 10 to 15 years of age and evaluated the validity of…
Clinical evaluation of fiber-reinforced-plastic bonded orthodontic retainers
Introduction This clinical study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of innovative fiber-reinforced-thermoplastic (FRP) bonded orthodontic retainers. Methods Anterior lingual retainers were formed by using a 2-step process from preimpregnated…
Esthetic preferences for the shape of anterior teeth in a posed smile
Introduction Although various aspects of smile esthetics have been considered in many studies, few of them have compared laypeople’s preferences for an esthetic smile with regard to the shape of…
Histologic evaluation of root-surface healing after root contact or approximation during placement of mini-implants
Introduction Placement of mini-implants carries with it the risk of iatrogenic damage to the adjacent root surfaces. The aims of this study were to assess the type of trauma incurred…
Stability and relapse of maxillary anterior crowding treatment in Class I and Class II Division 1 malocclusions
Introduction The maxillary anterior teeth are the most important to facial esthetics because they are the first to show on a smile. Therefore, stability of the maxillary anterior teeth alignment…
Evaluating craniofacial asymmetry with digital cephalometric images and cone-beam computed tomography
Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate craniofacial asymmetry by using 2-dimensional (2D) posteroanterior cephalometric images, 3-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), and physical measurements (gold standard). Methods Ten…
Limits to the standard of care
Who determines the standard of care to which we are held? Some would say that dental schools or orthodontic programs do; they don’t—they are merely exemplary. Others might say that…
