75HISTORYANDGENERALCLINICALPICTUREA44.3-year-oldwhitemanpresentedfororthodon-tictreatmentwithachiefconcernofwanting“straightteeth...
Enameldecalcificationremainsacommonnegativesequelaeoforthodontictreatmentintheabsenceofproperoralhygiene.Gorelicketal1reportedanin...
132Thetransitionfrombandingtobondingtechniquehasbroughtbondingresinsintoclinicalorthodontics.Light-cured,chemicallycured2-paste,an...
ClassIIImalocclusionoccursinlessthan5%oftheUSpopulationandisoneofthemostdifficultfacialdeformitiestomanage.1-3ManyoftheClassIIImal...
60HISTORYANDCAUSEThispatientwasacircumpubertal,well-nourished,healthy12-year-6-month-oldwhitemalewithachiefcomplaintof“Mytopteeth...
196Therehasbeenadilemmaamongortho-dontistswithrespecttotreatmentofskeletalClassIIImalocclusionsingrowingchildren,1becauseitisdif-f...
Rapidpalatalexpansion(RPE)isapopulartreatmentmodalityforpatientswhorequirecorrectionoftransversediscrepancy.Thistreatmenthasbeenas...
152Thegingivaiscomposedofepitheliumandunderlyingconnectivetissuethatisattachedtotheexternalpartofthealveolarboneandthesupracrestal...
Themethodsofmostrelapsestudiesonmandibularadvancementwithrigidinternalfixation(RIF)havebeenbasedprimarilyonmeasuringchangesofanter...
112AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/July1999DrRobertNelsondiedinhissleeponSaturdaynightatCarolinaMeadows,the...
DrKyrleW.Preis,anoteddentistwhosespecialtywasorthodontics,diedSunday,March21,1999,ofcongestiveheartfailure.HehadlivedatHeathcoteCo...
82Naturalheadposture(NHP)hasbeenshowntobecorrelatedtocraniofacialmorphology,1-3tofuturegrowthtrends,4andtorespiratoryneeds.5,6Curr...
Inthephysiologictemporomandibularjoint(TMJ),thearticulardiskispositionedbetweenthecondylarheadandtheglenoidfossaandfollowsthecondy...
126Itisnecessarytoconsidertheestheticsandfunction,includingtheocclusalrelationship,intreat-mentplanningforsuccessfulorthognathicsu...
168Oneofthefunctionsofthetemporo-mandibularjoint(TMJ)articulardiskandposteriorattachmentistoprovidetheosseousarticularsurfaceswith...
ThedevelopingClassIIImalocclusionisoneofthemostchallengingproblemsconfrontingthepracticingorthodontist.Ifleftuntreated,themalocclu...
Epidemiologicstudiesindicatethatapicalrootresorptionmaybeaminorproblemintheaverageorthodonticpatient.Scoringofapicalmorphology1-4a...
BondingoforthodonticattachmentstotheenamelsurfacehasbeenperformedroutinelysinceNewman1firstintroducedthemethodin1964.Unfor-tunatel...
Theextractionofpremolarsasapracticalformoforthodontictherapyhasbeenacceptedformanyyears;butthereisacontroversyconcerningtheeffecto...
Distractionosteogenesisisthesectioningofaboneandthesubsequentdeliberate,controlledmove-mentoftheopposingsectionedboneedgestolength...
