The measure of Alton W. Moore—teacher
Who can best take the measure of a teacher? His students—for whom I speak. I am singularly pleased and proud to have been asked to join in this tribute, since…
Alton W. Moore, 1916-2007
Orthodontics lost a true icon when Alton W. Moore passed away in Seattle on October 23, 2007. Al received his dental degree from the University of California at San Francisco…
Author! Author!
The American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics has now published articles continuously for over 100 years and is considered the most complete record of the orthodontic literature in existence….
Residents’ journal review
Sagittal split osteotomy with and without inferior border osteotomy Böckmann R, Schön P, Neuking K, Meyns J, Kessler P, Eggeler G. In vitro comparison of the sagittal split osteotomy with and…
Correction
Erratum to Combined maxillary and mandibular distraction osteogenesis in patients with hemifacial microsomia (Sant’Anna EF, Lau GWT, Marquezan M, de Souza Araújo MT, Polley JW, Figueroa AA. Am J Orthod…
Know when to fold ’em
Mrs Glasgow is the well-to-do owner of your town’s largest jewelry store, which has been in business for 3 generations. Complaining of temporalis pain upon awakening with episodic joint clicking,…
Postexpansion changes related to condylar position
We congratulate Melgaço et al for their pioneering work on postexpansion changes related to condylar positions by using cone-beam computed tomography technology (Melgaço CA, Neto JC, Jurach EM, Nojima Mda…
Breaking an old tradition
On the 100th anniversary of this Journal , I want to reflect on our state of knowledge. Reading multiple systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and letters to the editors can easily lead…
Authors’ response
We thank Drs Balachandran, Mishra, and Kharbanda for their interest in our article, “Immediate changes in condylar position after rapid maxillary expansion.” We are pleased to answer their queries. “If…
Celebration ’15!
The progress we have made over the past 100 years has been truly significant. In 1915, Woodrow Wilson was still in his first term as president of the United States, and…
Author’s response
Thank you for responding to my recent guest editorial, “Challenges faced by journal editors” (Turpin DL. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2015;147:285-9). You are wise to bring attention to the…
Bias is the key challenge in orthodontic research
The timely and thoughtful editorial by Dr Turpin sheds light on challenges encountered by orthodontic journal editors and reviewers when appraising the design, conduct, and reporting of research to facilitate…
