TheAAOhasscheduledanEarlyTreatmentConfer-ence,Feb8-10,2002,inPhoenix,Ariz.Frommyperspective,thetimingforadiscussionofthissomewhatc...
AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/August2000241Virtuallyeveryriskmanagementeducatorextolsthevirtuesofmaintain...
236MicrosoftPowerPointhasestablisheditselfasthemainsoftwareforconstructingpresentationsforOrthodonticmeet-ings.PartIofthisarticle1...
HISTORYANDCAUSEThepatientwasa10-year7-montholdwhitefemale,referredbyhergeneraldentistforevaluationofhermal-occlusionandcrowding.Sh...
224Uneruptedteethareoftenencounteredinorthodonticpractice.Thetreatmentandprognosisareusuallyinfluencedbyvariousfactors1-3andmayinc...
AsamemberoftheLongRangeStudyCommitteesome24yearsago,IhadtheopportunitytositinontheAmericanBoardofOrthodonticsduringtheirexaminatio...
220Impactedteeth,thosethatarepreventedcompletelyorpartiallyfromeruption,areoftenidentifiedasortho-donticproblems.Themaxillarycanin...
210Orthodontictoothmovementisfacilitatedbycell-mediatedtissueremodelinginsitesofperiodontalligament(PDL)compressionandtension.1-5F...
Orthodontictoothmovementisbasedonthebio-logicprinciplethatprolongedpressureonteethresultsinremodelingofperiodontalstructures,inclu...
196Bonemetabolisminvolvestheequilibriumbetweenboneformationandboneresorption;itiscontrolledbyabalancebetweencytokines,growthfactor...
Diabetesmellitus(DM)isdescribedasaclinicalsyndromecharacterizedbyinappropriatelyele-vatedfastingorpostprandialbloodglucose,andbyth...
184Increasesinarchwidthhavebeenrecommendedforavarietyofreasons:(1)thecorrectionofposteriorcrossbites,(2)to“redirectdentoskeletald...
Maxillofacialmorphologyissignificantlyinflu-encedbydevelopmentoffunctionofthenasalcavityandmaxillarysinus,whereasthemandibleispart...
Orthodontictreatmentisoftenachievedmoreeffi-cientlywhenthetippingofteethisminimized.Bydefinition,aforcewithalineofactionpassingthr...
Awiderangeoffunctional/orthopedicappliancesisavailableforthecorrectionofClassIIskeletalandocclusaldisharmonies(eg,Bionator,1-3FR-2...
150ClassIImalocclusionisnotasingleclinicalanom-aly.Itcanoccurinseveralforms,andacorrectdiagnosisisneededtoidentifyitsvariouscompon...
142ComparativestudiesoftheeffectsofClassIItreat-mentwithfixedappliancesandvariouskindsoffunctionalapplianceshavebeenpresentedinthe...
Riveraandcolleagueshavedoneanexcellentjobofexamining,inanopen-endedfashion,patients’reasonsormotivesfororthognathicsurgerywellina...
134Apatient’sdecisiontoundergoorthognathicsurgeryisbasedonmultipleneedsandmotives.Socialandpsychologicalconcerns,culturalvalues,c...
126Ofteninabusypracticeapatientwillcomeinwhohasreceivedorthodontictreatmentfromanotherpractitionerandnowwishestohavethequalityofth...
