580Wefrequentlyreceiverequestsforinformationonselect-ingandintegratingclinicaldigitalimagingequipmentandaboutparametersforimagingf...
Theorthodontistcanmanageintraoralandextraoralforcesanddevelopimaginativesolutionsforunusualdentofacialdeformities.Thisskillisespec...
566Theprevalenceoftemporomandibulardisorders(TMDs)hasrecentlyincreasedingeneralandorthodonticpopulations.1-4Fororthodonticpatients...
560Manythingsmustbeconsideredwhenapatientpre-sentswithaClassIIImalocclusion.Isgrowthstillpresent?Willasurgicalprocedurebenecessary...
ClassIIImalocclusionhasbeenreportedtodevelopinfrom5%to10%ofwhitesandischaracterizedbyeitheralargemandible,aretrudedmaxilla,orboth....
Itiscommonlybelievedthatunilateralposteriorcrossbites(UPCB)areassociatedwithposturalproblemsthatmaydevelopintomusculoskeletalprob-...
Cephalometricanalysisisanimportanttoolfororthodonticdiagnosisandtreatmentplanning.Manualcephalometricanalysisistime-consuming,andc...
526NonextractiontreatmentplansforAngleClassIImalocclusionsoftenrequirethedistalmovementofmaxillarymolars.Onecommonprocedurehasbeen...
514Inprovidingthehigheststandardofcareforthepatient,carefulcommunicationwiththepatientcon-cerningestheticexpectationsisessential.A...
505Abalancedsofttissueprofileisadesiredtreatmentobjectiveinorthodontics.Theprofileisofteneval-uatedbyusingtheestheticline,1,2which...
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...
