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...
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...
