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...
116PowerPoint(MicrosoftCorp,Redmond,Wash)hasbecomethedefactopresentationsoftwarefortheInformationAge.Ithasmanyfeaturesthatcanenhan...
This34-year6-montholdwhitemalewasconcernedwiththeappearanceofhissmileandspecificallywiththealignmentofhisanteriorteeth.Hisoralhygi...
TwinbracketsweredevelopedbySwainprincipallytoimprovecontroloverthepositionofparallelingrootswhenclosingextractionspaces1andtoachie...
orthodonticstosignificantlyaltertheanteroposteriorrelationshipofextremeANBanglecases,Steinermathematicallyderivedhisacceptablecomp...
84Theimportanceofcephalometricnormsrelevanttoparticularageandethnicgroupsiswellknown.1Presently,alargenumberofJapaneseadultsaresee...
Juvenilerheumatoidarthritis(JRA)ischaracterizedbychronicinflammationinoneormorejointsinchildrenandadolescentsupto18yearsofage.Itis...
Despitethecontroversialdebateovernasalpatencyanditseffectsondentofacialgrowth,theneedforageandgenderspecificnormativedataforrespir...
Currently,itiswidelyacceptedthatmasticatorymusclefunctioniscloselycorrelatedwithcranio-facialmorphology.1-6However,inthesestudies,...
Reverse-pullheadgear(RPH)isaneffectiveappli-ancefortreatinggrowingpatientswithskeletalClassIIImalocclusion.Clinicalstudies1-4haver...
