Theuseofso-called“distalization”mechan-icstocorrectClassIImalocclusionsisacommontreat-mentmodality.Thistypeofmechanotherapytypic...
320Asitiswithallpractitionersinthehealingarts,anorthodontist’sprimaryobjectiveistodescribeanddiagnosethemalocclusionheorshewishes...
312PATIENTHISTORY,CAUSE,ANDCHIEFCOMPLAINTThispatientwasahealthy21-year9-month-oldwhitewomanwithnocontributorymedicalhistory.Thecau...
303Whenorthodontistsjudgesagittaljawrela-tionshipsclinically,theyusuallyexpressthedegreeofseverityofskeletaldiscrepancywithimpreci...
298B.HollyBroadbent’svisionofthefutureofcephalometrics,whenheintroducedittotheprofes-sionin1930,1didnotincludeitscurrentwidesprea...
288ORIGINALARTICLELossoflivingbonetissuesduetoinjury,trauma,disease,orsurgicalinterventionnecessitatesreplacement.Autogenousbone,t...
InskeletalClassIIIopenbitecases,itmaybedifficulttoachieveanexcellentocclusalimprove-mentsolelybyorthodonticmeansandtomaintainastab...
AccordingtoAristotle,tobesuccessfulintheorizingistorealizethehighestexcellence,1forpracticalapplications.Thepurposeofthisarticleis...
240Afternearly30yearsoforthodonticpractice,I(W.R.R.)haveachievedseveralgoalsthatallowforatotalintegrationofcomputersandtreatmentef...
194AMERICANASSOCIATIONOFORTHODONTISTSPRESIDENT’SWELCOMEOnbehalfoftheofficers,theBoardofTrustees,thePlanningCommittee,andthestaffo...
184Themesiodistaltoothsizeofthemaxillaryandmandibulararchmustrelatetoeachotherinordertoobtainanexcellentocclusionatthecompletionof...
175Duringorthodonticcorrectionoftoothposi-tion,translatorymovementoccurswhenatoothmovesbodilyin1directionwithnosimultaneoustipping...
Specificdimensionalrelationshipsmustexistbetweenthemaxillaryandmandibularteethtoensureproperinterdigitation,overbite,andoverjet.Be...
164Intheirattempttominimizetheincidenceofdecalcificationaroundorthodonticappliances,ortho-dontistshavealwaysemphasizedtheneedforgo...
156Cleftlipandpalatearecongenitalcranio-facialmalformationswithanincidenceofapproxi-mately0.36to0.83per1000livebirths.1Treatmentof...
148Awoman(aged28years8months)camefororthodonticevaluationcomplainingabout“thelookofherfrontteeth.”Herreferringdentistdeclinedher...
140Evaluationoftheskeletalbaserelationshipinthesagittalplaneisoneoftheessentialstepsinmakinganorthodonticdiagnosisandestablishinga...
130Bonelengtheningbyosteotomy(cortico-tomy)anddistractionosteogenesis(DO)oflongboneswasfirstdescribedin1905byCodvillaandpopular-iz...
Bergersen,1in1975,developedaprefabri-catedelastomericappliancetocorrectmalocclusions.Itpresentsthecombinedcharacteristicsofafuncti...
98Toachievepredictableandphysiologicorthodontictoothmovement,theaxisofrotationandlevelandlocationofmaximumstressshouldbeidenti-fie...
