One shoe doesn’t fit all
The conclusion of your long week brings another second-opinion consultation for 9-year-old Jack and his mother. This is one of several within the last few days in which you are…
Lifetime Achievement Award for Orthodontic Research, 2018
In 2015, the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) established a new award, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Orthodontic Research. The first recipient of this award was Dr William R. Proffit,…
Correction
Amini F, Shariati M, Sobouti F, Rakhshan V. Effects of fixed orthodontic treatment on nickel and chromium levels in gingival crevicular fluid as a novel systemic biomarker of trace elements:…
External apical root resorption
We commend Dr Feifei Jiang and colleagues for an excellent study published in the September 2017 issue of the AJO-DO (Jiang F, Chen J, Kula K, Gu H, Du Y,…
Alveolar cortical bone
I read the article by Ohiomoba et al in the January issue and appreciated the accomplishment and results of this retrospective clinical study (Ohiomoba H, Sonis A, Yansane A, Friedland B….
Rapid canine retraction by dentoalveolar distraction osteogenesis
We read the article entitled “Rate of tooth movement and dentoskeletal effects of rapid canine retraction by dentoalveolar distraction osteogenesis: a prospective study” in the August 2017 issue with great…
