494Concernshavebeenexpressedregardingtemporo-mandibularjoint(TMJ)adaptationsubsequenttofunctionalappliancecorrectionofClassIIDivis...
485Transverseskeletaldeficiencyisacommonclinicalproblemassociatedwithnarrowbasalandden-toalveolarbone.Incomparisonwithmaxillarydef...
482Distractionosteogenesisisarelativelynewtechniquethathasgainedpopularityasatreatmentforskele-taldiscrepanciesinthemaxillofacialc...
AseachnewissueoftheJournaliscompiled,youwillseetheincreaseduseofcommentariestointroduceandemphasizeparticularsubjects.Oneto3origin...
476AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/October2000Howmanytimeshasthishappenedtoyou?Anadultpatientpresentsforani...
469Beforethewidespreaduseofcomputers,beforescannersanddigitalcameraswereusedbyorthodon-tists,therewasonecrucialmomentthatdetermine...
462PATIENTINFORMATIONThepatientpresentedasan8-year8-montholdwhitemale(Figs1to4).Hischiefcomplaintwas“Iwantmyunderbitecorrected.”...
456PartIofthis2-partarticle,publishedonpage448inthisissueoftheJournal,describedthefirststageofspaceplanning.Duringthisstage,thespa...
448Overtheyears,thequalityoforthodontictreat-menthasimprovedwiththeincreasingsophisti-cationofmaterialsandappliancesystems.Asideal...
439The2accuratemeansofradiographiclocalizationgenerallyusedaretheparallaxmethod(image/tubeshiftmethod,Clark’srule,1buccalobjectru...
432Theuseofarotationalpanoramicradiographwithanocclusalradiographhasbeenadvocatedtolocalizeuneruptedmaxillaryanteriorteeth.1,2This...
Ofthecommonlateralcephalometriclandmarks,theapexofthelowercentralincisorisperhapsthemostdifficulttoaccuratelylocate.BaumrindandFra...
Overtheyears,avarietyofindexeshavebeendevelopedtoassistprofessionalsincategorizingmalocclusionaccordingtotheleveloftreatmentneed.E...
414AmajorobjectiveofearlytreatmentforadevelopingClassIIImalocclusionistoprovideamorefavor-ableenvironmentfornormalgrowthandanimpro...
404Oneofthegreatestchallengesincontemporaryorthodonticsanddentofacialorthopedicsistoobtainstablefavorableoutcomesafterorthopedictr...
Innongrowingindividuals,orthognathicsurgerymakesitpossibletotreatskeletalanddentaldys-plasiasthatarebeyondthereachoforthodonticthe...
Manystudiesonfunctionalapplianceeffectshaveexploredtheroleofthemandibularprotrusivemusculatureinpromotinggrowthofthecondylarcar-ti...
Tonguethrustinswallowingandspeechandotheractiveorposturalhabits,suchastongue–lowerlipseal,arefrequentlyobserved.Tonguethrustisoft...
378Orthodontistshavelongbeeninterestedintheverti-calchangescausedbyorthodontictreatment,notonlywhentheyoccurbutalsowhattheirlong-t...
Althoughcliniciansdebatetherelativeimportanceoffunctionandattractivenessinorthodontictreatmentplan-ning,1,2thereisnodoubtthatparen...
