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...
4Theeaseofsearchingforinformationandcommu-nicatingontheInternethasmadeitverypopular.NotonlyhasthenumberofpeopleusingtheInternetbee...
737Presentationsatorthodonticmeetingshavechangedrapid-lyduringthepastfewyears.Notlongago,speakerswerecar-ryingcarouselsfullofslide...
728PATIENTHISTORY,CAUSE,ANDCHIEFCOMPLAINTThispatientwasahealthy24-year-oldAfricanAmericanwomanwithnocontributorymedicalhistory.The...
ThetreatmentofClassIImalocclusionsingrowingpatientscanbeaccomplishedbyseveraldifferentmethods.OneistomovethemolarsdistallyintoaCla...
714Overthelast50years,manycephalometricparametershavebeenproposedtodescribeanteropos-teriorjawrelationships,andstudieshavereported...
706Oralrespirationandnasalairwayobstruc-tionhavebeenassociatedwithahostofskeletal-dentalproblems.1,2Ricketts3liststhecharacteristi...
Hereditaryandenvironmentalfactorsmayalsoplayaroleinthesetypesofverticaldysplasias.Regardlessoftheetiologyoftheincreasedanteriorfac...
Becauseoftheeasilyidentifiedfeaturesofanteriorcrossbites,itiscommonforpatientswiththismalocclusiontobereferredforearlytreatment.1T...
TheClassIIImalocclusionisamostcommonskeletalmalocclusioninJapan,withaprevalenceof4%to5%inthegeneralpopulation.1,2Approximatelyonet...
ThemanagementofClassIIImalocclusionremainsoneofthemostchallengingproblemscon-frontingthepracticingdentist.Treatmentsinthepermanent...
