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...
Spacedeficiencyindentalarchesisacom-monreasonfororthodontictreatment.1Someauthorshaveobservedthatthereseemstohavebeenanincreasedpr...
Asearlyas1959,Newcomb1reportedthatexperiencehadtaughthimthat“...withfewexceptions...potentialimpactionofpermanentteethisseeninpat...
650Agenesisofoneormoreteethisthemostcommonanomalyofdentaldevelopmentinman.1Sev-eraltermsarebeingusedintheliteraturetodescribenumer...
638Overthelastfewdecades,improvementsinorthognathicsurgeryprocedureshaveprovidedawiderangeofpossibilitiesforthetreatmentofdentofac...
630Theneedtomaintainorimprovefacialpro-filebalanceduringtreatmenthasbeenunderscoredbyorthodontistssinceAngle.1Inolderadolescentsan...
622AhallmarkofthelastdecadewastheWWW(WorldWideWeb)aspectofalmostanythingimaginable.Almosteverylargecompanyestablisheditspresencein...
618Inthiseraofacronyms,wecanbustourbut-tonswithprideoverafewachievementsinorthodon-tics.(LikeAAO,ABO,AAOF,AJO/DO,BOT,WFO,andCOC—C...
Wehaveallbeenprivilegedtoshareinthegrowthofagreatprofessionandthefantasticspe-cialtyoforthodontics.I’vebeenprivilegedovera52-year...
Whatisthefutureoforthodontics?Whatwillhappeninorthodonticsinthenext100years?Onemightaswellaskwhatisthefutureoftheworld?Whatwillhap...
Thepracticeoforthodonticsischangingatwhatappearstobeanalmostalarmingrate.Thechangesthathaveoccurredduringthelast45plusyears,whenIf...
