Oneofthemajorobjectivesoforthodontictreat-mentistoimprovefacialattractiveness.Toortho-dontiststhisinvariablymeansthatthenose,lips,...
366Controllingtheverticaldevelopmentofmolarsisimportant,particularlyinlong-facedindividualswithahighmandibularplaneangle.1-4Excess...
IjustfinishedreadinganeditorialwrittenbytheEdi-torofthePennsylvaniaDentalJournal,DrJudithMcFadden.Shedoesagreatjobofdescribingthe...
AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/September2000359Becauseoftheinterestinandtheneedfordentalriskman-agementedu...
354Manyorthodontistsareexperiencinggrowingpainsinconvertingtodigitalphotographicrecords.Someofushavetheneedtoshowthesedigitalrecor...
Theroleofsurgicalreductionofthetonguesizeintreatmentofdentofacialdeformitiesremainsacon-troversialsubject.Inthesixties,someauthors...
Thepatientwasa12-year10-month-oldAfricanAmericanfemale,broughtinbyhermotherforevalua-tionofher“doubleteeth.”Shehadreceivedpreven...
335Theappraisalofthebiologicalaspectsofmandibulargrowthisoffundamentalimportanceindentofacialorthopedics,especiallywithregardtothe...
clenching,whereastheipsilateralanteriortemporaliswaslessactivethanthecontralateralmuscleatrest.IngervallandThilander18foundacertai...
Successfultreatmentofpatientspossessingahyper-divergentskeletalphenotypedemandsprudentdiagnosisandcarefulconsiderationoftreatmentm...
SinceBuonocoreintroducedtheacidetchbondingtechniquein1955,theconceptofbondingvariousresinstoenamelhasdevelopedintoapplicationsinal...
Directbondingoforthodonticbracketsisthemostsignificantdevelopmentinorthodonticsoverthepast3decades.Thedirectbondingprocedureisbase...
300Arecentinvitrocytotoxicitystudyofbondingmate-rialsinacalibratedtestingsystempointedtothefactthatlight-curedandchemicallycured2-...
choices:(1)bondthesamedebondedbracket(ifthebaseisnotdistorted),(2)bondanewbracket,(3)useabracketattachedtoabandifrepeatedbondfailu...
288SinceBuonocore1introducedtheacidetchbondingtechniquein1955,theconceptofbondingvariousresinstoenamelhasdevelopedapplicationsinal...
280Elasticsmadefromnaturalrubbersupplyingortho-dontiaforcecontinuetobeincommonuse,mainlybecauseoftheirfavorablecharacteristicsofhi...
274Recentresearchhasfocusedontheargonlaser’sabilitytoachievephotopolymerizationofcompos-iteresins.1-6Photoactivateddentalresinsus...
262Unabletoeliminatethepatient’sintrinsicfactorsthatmaypredisposetorootresorption,theortho-dontistsareconstantlyimprovingmaterial...
Rapidexpansionofthemidpalatalsutureisanimportantpartoftheclinician’sarmamentariuminthecorrectionofmalocclusions.1-15Inthisprocess...
248Obstructivesleepapnea(OSA)isadisorderchar-acterizedbyrecurrentupperairwayobstructionduringsleep.OSAisawidelyprevalentproblemwit...
