Introduction Childhood oral breathing can alter muscular balance and lead to facial deformities. No articles in the literature have reported on the alteration of facial growth patterns in patients who…
Introduction The purpose of this study was to examine whether the pharyngeal airway volume in adults with skeletal Class III malocclusion is greater than in subjects with Class I occlusion…
Proper sample size estimation is an important part of clinical trial methodology and closely related to the precision and power of the trial’s results. Trials with sufficient sample sizes are…
Introduction Many researchers have examined the prevalence of dental injuries in children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and incidence of incisor trauma in…
Introduction The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of a self-etching adhesive system containing an antibacterial monomer on periodontal health and subgingival microbiologic composition in orthodontic patients…
The discerning orthodontist has a treatment regimen that preferentially deals with arch deficiencies and might not necessitate extractions. Orthodontic expansion has been shown to be predictably unstable, and interproximal reduction…
The concept that nonsurgical maxillary expansion can be successful in adults has raised questions in the literature. Overall, the consensus is that, once patients are out of their teens, that…
Temporary anchorage an alternative to surgery for patients with Class III malocclusion Kuroda S, Tanaka E. Application of temporary anchorage devices for the treatment of adult Class III malocclusions. Semin Orthod 2011;17:91-7…
As a part-time instructor in a large university clinic, you are overseeing the residents as they examine new patients for admission. While awaiting his initial examination, a burly adolescent boy…
Dr Kara raised an interesting point with respect to the potential effect of the menstrual cycle phases on pain report and clinical recovery after third molar removal in women. However,…
We read the interesting study by Phillips et al, which concluded that female patients older than 21 years of age should be informed about the delay in the recovery after third…
We appreciate Dr Kamburoğlu’s comments and concur that CBCT-targeted assessment of dental lesions normally requires a limited field of view with small voxel dimensions. However, typical CBCT-derived images used by…
I would like to congratulate Dr Kumar et al for their effort in the preparation of their manuscript, “Comparison between cone-beam computed tomography and intraoral digital radiography for assessment of tooth…
After I had been in orthodontic practice for 3 or 4 years, I received a referral from one of the finest restorative dentists in our community. I had not worked…
Sample size estimation: An overview with applications to orthodontic clinical trial designs Nikolaos Pandis, Argy Polychronopoulou, and Theodore Eliades. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2011;140:e141-e146 Proper sample size estimation is…
A systematic review aims to synthesize the findings from individual studies and, based on them, formulate conclusions. Taking this into consideration, we agree with Dr Winsauer that the biomechanical aspects…
I read with great interest the systematic review of Fudalej and Antoszewska, who evaluated the effectiveness of orthodontic distalizers reinforced with temporary skeletal anchorage devices (TSADs). Unfortunately, the authors did…
