AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/April2000507Canadoctorbeforcedtotestifyagainsthimselfinamal-practicesuit?Ca...
486CONTINUINGEDUCATIONARTICLEOverbiterepresentsanimportantaspectofocclusionthathasbeenthefocusoftherapeuticmodificationssincetheea...
Polysomnographyhasbeenperformedalongwithcephalometricanalysesandintraoralclinicalexaminationstoevaluatetheseverityofobstructivesle...
474Theperiodontalligament,locatedbetweentheteethandthealveolarboneofthemaxillaandmandible,playsanimportantroleinphysiologicandpath...
SinceAngellfirstreportedonrapidpalatalexpansion(RPE)in1860,researchershavegivennumerousreportsonstudiesrelatedtothisorthopedicmeth...
Thepresenceofmaxillarycaninesiscon-sideredalmostsacredindentistry.Theirpositionasanteriorteethcontributestoanestheticsmile.Theirsi...
DIAGNOSISHistoryandGeneralClinicalBackgroundThepatient,a23-year9-montholdwhitewoman,wasadentalassistant.Herchiefgoalwas“toreducet...
444Inthiscentenaryanniversaryofthefirstandlargestspecialtyindentistry,itisonlyproperthatweturntothosewhomadeitallpossible.Ashortli...
438Withtheapplicationoftheacid-etchbondingtechniqueintroducedbyBuonocore1in1955,atremendouschangehastakenplaceinthebondingpractice...
Earlierarticles1,2havedescribedtheHLD(CalMod)IndexthatwasdevelopedaspartoftheBrownvsKizerlawsuitsettlement,whichdeterminedMedicaid...
418Orthodonticcasesinvolvingtheextractionofpermanentfirstmolarsarethoughttobetechnicallymoredifficulttotreatandthatevenagoodresult...
includingtheopticalplaneinhiscephalometricanalysis.Downs2,3studiedtherelationshipbetweenthetruehorizontalandtheFrankfurtplaneandre...
Althoughboneresorptionamongorthodon-ticpatientsisnotusualinmostpatients,itcancausemanyproblemsthatshouldbeconsideredinforcesys-tem...
Distractionosteogenesisisaprocessofgrowingnewbonebymechanicallystretchingpreex-istingvascularizedbonetissue.Onthebasisoftheexperim...
384Themodeofactionofthelipbumperhasbeenexplainedasanalterationofthefunctionalpatternaswellasastretchingofthelowerlabialmusculature...
Intheforewordofatextontransplantation,Woodruff1(1960)sanguinelyremindsusthat“lifefre-quentlydoesnotendlikeaburstingbubble,ratheri...
370AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/March2000Thisisaveryimportantissueforalldoctorsworkingingrouppracticesan...
367Thismonthwewillcoverprogramsandroutinesthatareusefultopreventcrashesanddataloss,makeyourcomputerrunsmoothlyandtrouble-free,and/...
Theindicationsforextractionsinorthodonticpracticehavehistoricallybeencontroversial.1-6Ithasbeensuggestedthat,throughadvancesintech...
344CONTINUINGEDUCATIONARTICLEinjuredthepatient.Theseinjurieshaverangedinsever-ityfromminorlacerationstothelossofaneye.Oneofthesimp...
