Approximately 1/2 of maxillary and 1/5 of mandibular multi-stranded lingual retainers fail during retention in some form, either bond failure or wire breakage. Memotain is a new CAD/CAM fabricated lingual…
We successfully treated a patient with achondroplasia with conventional orthodontic techniques. It was followed by long-term retention. The patient, a 12-year-old boy, had chief complaints of occlusal disturbance and mandibular…
Introduction Surgically assisted mandibular arch expansion is an effective treatment modality for alleviating constriction and crowding. However, only mandibular symphyseal osteotomy is recommended for mandibular arch expansion. No relevant studies…
Nonextraction camouflage treatment along with Class III elastics was used to treat a 39-year-old woman with a skeletal Class III pattern and a low mandibular plane angle and short lower…
Robert L. “Slick” Vanarsdall Jr People, People who need people, Are the luckiest people in the world. Robert L. “Slick” Vanarsdall Jr was a person who needed—and loved—people. He thrived…
In a time when orthodontists are getting away from paper charts and going digital with their patient data and imaging, practitioners need to be prepared for a potential hardware failure…
Introduction The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the leveling of the curve of Spee in subjects treated with preadjusted appliances in different skeletal vertical patterns….
We read the case report “Canine-lateral incisor transposition: controlling root resorption with a bone-anchored T-loop retraction” in the December issue. The authors used an interesting innovation for complete transposition of…
The purpose of Etiology-based dental and craniofacial diagnostics is to illustrate how the etiology of many of the problems observed clinically can be found when analyzing prenatal material. The first…
Introduction The purposes of this study were to evaluate whether unaltered elastomeric chain can continue to move teeth for 16 weeks and to relate it to the amount of force remaining…
In the article discussing the chi-square test, I used a clinical trial scenario with the objective of assessing the clinical alignment efficiency of 2 types of wires. These wires (A…
In this case report, we present the orthodontic and surgical management of an 18-year-old girl who had a severe craniofacial deformity, including maxillary prognathism, vertical maxillary excess (gummy smile), mandibular…
Maybe yes and, then again, maybe no. That’s what Kace v Liang , 472 Mass. 630 (Sup. Ct.; 2015), was all about. The learned treatise exception to the hearsay rule…
Introduction Interproximal reduction (IPR) removes enamel and leaves grooves and furrows on the tooth surface, which may increase the risk of caries. The aims of this study were to assess…
Introduction The aims of this study were to identify a sample of borderline Class I extraction and nonextraction patients and to investigate posttreatment changes in arch-width and perimeter measurements. Methods…
Introduction Most of the published literature on the management of overbite with the Invisalign appliance (Align Technology, Santa Clara, Calif) consists of case reports and case series. Methods In this…
Introduction Our aim was to evaluate the risk of external apical root resorption (EARR) in mesialized mandibular molars due to space closure in patients with unilateral second premolar agenesis. The…
Introduction Permanent first molars (PFM) with a poor prognosis are routinely extracted in children throughout the United Kingdom. National guidelines suggest that to achieve spontaneous closure for the mandibular arch, the…
Introduction Our objective was to investigate skeletal maturation of female and male subjects from different racial groups by comparing the cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM) stages. Methods The study included 3…
Introduction Our objective was to assess the antibacterial and cytotoxic effects of orthodontic stainless steel brackets coated with different phases of photocatalytic titanium oxide. Methods From a total sample of…
