712AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/December2000Inamedicalmalpracticecaseassertingnegligence,theburdenofproo...
707Wefrequentlyreceiverequestsforinformationonselect-ingandintegratingclinicaldigitalimagingequipmentandaboutparametersforimagingf...
Littlehasbeenpublishedconcerningorthodontictoothmovementthroughbonegraftsitesafterridgeaug-mentation.Thebiologicalaspectsoftoothre...
This10-year-oldwhitemalewasseenwithachiefcomplaintof“crookedteeth.”Thehistoryofthemalocclusionwaspartlyrelatedtoapreviousdentige...
685Theuseofnickel-titanium(NiTi)wiresinortho-donticclinicalpracticehasbeengreatlyfavoredbythelowmodulusofelasticity,highspringback...
675Theorthodontistseeksanarchwire–bracketcombina-tionthathasbothgoodbiocompatibilityandlowfric-tion.Currently,the“goldstandard”...
662Frictionisdefinedastheforcethatresistsrelativemotionbetween2bodiesincontact.1,2Thefric-tionalresistanceencounteredduringsliding...
658ThePOCcassette(AmericanDentalImaging,Hawthorne,Calif),adevicethatincorporatesintensifyingscreensoverlyingthetemporomandibularjo...
Sizeandshapeofthedentalarcharenotstatic;theychangesystematicallywithageduringthedeciduousandpermanentdentitionsandduringthesuccess...
SuccessfulcorrectionofaskeletalClassIImalocclu-sioncharacterizedbyaretrognathicmandibledependsonaforcesystemthatstimulatesmandibul...
636Social,economic,andpoliticalpressuresarebringingaboutchangesinallaspectsofhealthcaredelivery.Changesareconditionedbyaneedtostri...
Asurveyofpatients’attitudestowardorthodontictreatmentrevealedthatpainwasthemostdiscour-agingfactorrelatedtotheirtreatmentaswellas...
624Crowdingisacommoncharacteristicofmalocclu-sion.Itappearsin37%ofClassImalocclusions.Fortypercentofchildrenand85%ofadolescentshav...
Stabilityhasalwaysbeenthekeyobjectiveinortho-dontictreatment;withoutstability,bothidealfunc-tionandidealestheticswillbecompromised...
Afterthefirstpremolarsareextractedinorthodontictreatment,thereisoftenspontaneoustippingandmovementofthedentitionthatisaccompaniedb...
608Failureoferuptionofthefirstandsecondpermanentmolarsisnotfrequent.Theprevalenceoftheanom-alyinanormalpopulationisabout0.06%.1Des...
Orthodonticanchorageisusuallyachievedbytheuseofatoothorgroupofteethtoeffectthemovementofothermalpositionedteeth.Adequateanchorageb...
592AlthoughautotransplantationofteethhasbeenreportedbyaNorthAmericanteam,1theprocedurehasnotbecomeanestablishedmethodintheUnitedSt...
DoesyourJournalpublishonlyevidence-basedarti-cles?Isyourorthodonticpracticesupportedbytreatmentthatisevidence-based?Forthatmatter,...
