Oneoftheprimarygoalsoforthodontictreatmentistoattainandpreserveoptimalfacialattrac-tiveness.Toaccomplishthis,itisimportantthattheo...
GUESTEDITORIAL*Theextraction—nonextractiondecisionrevisitedJustasyouwouldnotconsidersettingouttovisitsomeoneinanunfamiliarpartoft...
AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/September1999363Thecombinationofanocclusogramandaprofileradi-ographhasbeenu...
352Nearlyeverypopulardiscussionoffacialestheticsseemstobeginandendwiththehoaryapho-rismthat“beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder.”Perha...
346Intheorthodonticliterature,theadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthedirectandindirectbondingtechniqueshavebeendiscussedbymanyinvestiga...
336Frictionistheresistancetomotionwhenoneobjectmovestangentiallyagainstanother.1Thenormalforceistheperpendicularcomponentoftheforc...
329Difficultiesinobtainingsatisfactorytreat-mentwiththestandardedgewisetechniqueresultedinthedevelopmentofbracketswithbuilt-intorq...
324PATIENTHISTORYANDCAUSEThepatientwasa16-year4-month-oldwhitemale(Figs1-4).Hischiefconcernwas“Idonotlikethewaymyfrontteethbiteto...
Atwhatpointduringtheprocessofdentaldevelopmentcanadefinitivediagnosisofdevelopmen-talhypodontiabemade?Aknowledgeofaveragemin-erali...
317HISTORYANDEXAMINATIONAn8-year-5-month-oldwhitefemalewasreferredbyherdentistforevaluation.Clinicalexaminationshowedapatientwitha...
308Oncegenerallythoughttobedifficult,ifnotimpossible,inclinicaltherapy,thedistaldisplace-mentofmolarteethbymeansofintraoralsagitta...
301Duringtheprocessofgrowth,thefacialcomponentsmaybeexposedtoanumberofinfluences,suchasinheritedcongenital/developmentalabnormali-...
Posteriorcrossbiteisoneofthemostfre-quentlyobservedmalocclusionsofthedeciduousandmixeddentitionperiods.Theprevalenceofthismaloc-cl...
Resourcescanneverbesufficienttopro-videunlimiteddemandsfororthodonticorotherformsofhealthcareservices,regardlessoftheirmodeoffinan...
Theorthodonticbracketisanimportantpartoftheorthodonticappliancesystembecauseittrans-mitsforcesfromthewiretothePDLtissuestoeffectto...
Duringslidingmechanics,thefactoroffric-tionalresistanceisanimportantcounterforcetoortho-dontictoothmovement,anditmustbecontrolledi...
264Distractionosteogenesishasbecomeanimportanttreatmentmodalityforpatientswithcranio-facialskeletaldysplasias.Distractiondevicesfo...
254Treatingdeformitiesofthecraniofacialcom-plexwithgraftingtechniquesislimitedinitsabilitytochangeboneformandaugmentbonevolume.Ost...
Thisarticlewillpresentatechniqueforsofttissuecephalometricanalysis.Theanalysisisaradi-ographicinstrumentthatwasdevelopeddirectlyfr...
227LearningObjectivesAftercompletingthiscourse,theparticipantwillbeableto:1.Discusstherelationshipbetweendentalanomaliesandrootres...
