Orthodontics, the premiere dental speciality, is plagued with controversies that cannot be settled totally by scientific evidence. Even so, it is a rarity in contemporary orthodontic literature to witness head-on…
We are grateful to Dr Hill for his letter and support of the Postdoctoral Dental Match. Is there an orthodontist who is not thankful for the specialty education that he…
I would like to thank the authors of “Match or non-Match: At the crossroads” in the November issue for a very well-done article on a subject that needed to be…
We appreciate the comments of Dr Pandian et al related to our article “Effect of maxillary protraction with alternating rapid palatal expansion and constriction vs expansion alone in maxillary retrusive patients:…
We read the article “Effect of maxillary protraction with alternating rapid palatal expansion and constriction vs expansion alone in maxillary retrusive patients: a single-center, randomized controlled trial” in the October…
We understand Dr Ghazal’s concern about the combined sample used in this 2-center study. However, the Michigan Growth Study (Ann Arbor) and the Bauru Dental School Growth Study (Bauru, São…
The article by Barros in the November issue is extremely important (Barros SE, Chiqueto K, Janson G, Ferreira E. Factors influencing molar relationship behavior in the mixed dentition. Am J…
Over the years, a question that I have routinely been asked is some version of “Do you believe in 1 phase of treatment or 2?” I have always been able…
