150ClassIImalocclusionisnotasingleclinicalanom-aly.Itcanoccurinseveralforms,andacorrectdiagnosisisneededtoidentifyitsvariouscompon...
142ComparativestudiesoftheeffectsofClassIItreat-mentwithfixedappliancesandvariouskindsoffunctionalapplianceshavebeenpresentedinthe...
Riveraandcolleagueshavedoneanexcellentjobofexamining,inanopen-endedfashion,patients’reasonsormotivesfororthognathicsurgerywellina...
134Apatient’sdecisiontoundergoorthognathicsurgeryisbasedonmultipleneedsandmotives.Socialandpsychologicalconcerns,culturalvalues,c...
126Ofteninabusypracticeapatientwillcomeinwhohasreceivedorthodontictreatmentfromanotherpractitionerandnowwishestohavethequalityofth...
116PowerPoint(MicrosoftCorp,Redmond,Wash)hasbecomethedefactopresentationsoftwarefortheInformationAge.Ithasmanyfeaturesthatcanenhan...
This34-year6-montholdwhitemalewasconcernedwiththeappearanceofhissmileandspecificallywiththealignmentofhisanteriorteeth.Hisoralhygi...
TwinbracketsweredevelopedbySwainprincipallytoimprovecontroloverthepositionofparallelingrootswhenclosingextractionspaces1andtoachie...
orthodonticstosignificantlyaltertheanteroposteriorrelationshipofextremeANBanglecases,Steinermathematicallyderivedhisacceptablecomp...
84Theimportanceofcephalometricnormsrelevanttoparticularageandethnicgroupsiswellknown.1Presently,alargenumberofJapaneseadultsaresee...
Juvenilerheumatoidarthritis(JRA)ischaracterizedbychronicinflammationinoneormorejointsinchildrenandadolescentsupto18yearsofage.Itis...
Despitethecontroversialdebateovernasalpatencyanditseffectsondentofacialgrowth,theneedforageandgenderspecificnormativedataforrespir...
Currently,itiswidelyacceptedthatmasticatorymusclefunctioniscloselycorrelatedwithcranio-facialmorphology.1-6However,inthesestudies,...
Reverse-pullheadgear(RPH)isaneffectiveappli-ancefortreatinggrowingpatientswithskeletalClassIIImalocclusion.Clinicalstudies1-4haver...
Anterioropenbitemalocclusionisconsideredoneofthemostdifficultproblemstotreatbyanymeans.Properdiagnosis,successfultreatment,andlong...
34Amajorgoaloforthodontictreatmentistoachievelong-termstabilityoftheocclusion.Themandibu-larincisorsegmenthasbeendescribedbysevera...
24Aquestionofimportancetoclinicianscurrentlyusingfunctionalappliancesis:dofunctionalappli-ancesplacea“mortgage”onmandibulargrowt...
18Itisthenatureofbusinessthatprofitabilitywillvaryfromoneestablishmenttothenext.Whatisnotfullyunderstood,however,arethedeterminant...
14In1967,thereweremorethanaquartermillionper-sonswithmentalretardation/developmentaldisabili-ties(MR/DD)instateinstitutions(195,65...
10Americansunderwentapproximately355milliondentalproceduresduring1987.Almost8%(27million)ofalldentalproceduresduringthisperiodwere...
