706Oralrespirationandnasalairwayobstruc-tionhavebeenassociatedwithahostofskeletal-dentalproblems.1,2Ricketts3liststhecharacteristi...
Hereditaryandenvironmentalfactorsmayalsoplayaroleinthesetypesofverticaldysplasias.Regardlessoftheetiologyoftheincreasedanteriorfac...
Becauseoftheeasilyidentifiedfeaturesofanteriorcrossbites,itiscommonforpatientswiththismalocclusiontobereferredforearlytreatment.1T...
TheClassIIImalocclusionisamostcommonskeletalmalocclusioninJapan,withaprevalenceof4%to5%inthegeneralpopulation.1,2Approximatelyonet...
ThemanagementofClassIIImalocclusionremainsoneofthemostchallengingproblemscon-frontingthepracticingdentist.Treatmentsinthepermanent...
Spacedeficiencyindentalarchesisacom-monreasonfororthodontictreatment.1Someauthorshaveobservedthatthereseemstohavebeenanincreasedpr...
Asearlyas1959,Newcomb1reportedthatexperiencehadtaughthimthat“...withfewexceptions...potentialimpactionofpermanentteethisseeninpat...
650Agenesisofoneormoreteethisthemostcommonanomalyofdentaldevelopmentinman.1Sev-eraltermsarebeingusedintheliteraturetodescribenumer...
638Overthelastfewdecades,improvementsinorthognathicsurgeryprocedureshaveprovidedawiderangeofpossibilitiesforthetreatmentofdentofac...
630Theneedtomaintainorimprovefacialpro-filebalanceduringtreatmenthasbeenunderscoredbyorthodontistssinceAngle.1Inolderadolescentsan...
622AhallmarkofthelastdecadewastheWWW(WorldWideWeb)aspectofalmostanythingimaginable.Almosteverylargecompanyestablisheditspresencein...
618Inthiseraofacronyms,wecanbustourbut-tonswithprideoverafewachievementsinorthodon-tics.(LikeAAO,ABO,AAOF,AJO/DO,BOT,WFO,andCOC—C...
Wehaveallbeenprivilegedtoshareinthegrowthofagreatprofessionandthefantasticspe-cialtyoforthodontics.I’vebeenprivilegedovera52-year...
Whatisthefutureoforthodontics?Whatwillhappeninorthodonticsinthenext100years?Onemightaswellaskwhatisthefutureoftheworld?Whatwillhap...
Thepracticeoforthodonticsischangingatwhatappearstobeanalmostalarmingrate.Thechangesthathaveoccurredduringthelast45plusyears,whenIf...
ThisuniqueissueofourJournalhonorsTomGraberforhispanoramiccontributionstoortho-dontics.TomisanorthodonticRenaissanceman,butthereisl...
606Asthe20thcenturyslipsaway,itistempt-ingtolooktocredentialedauthorityfiguresforreas-suranceandinspiration.OnesuchfigureisSirJohn...
604Reflectingonacareerinorthodonticsspan-ningthelasthalfofthe20thcenturygivesonecausetobethankfulfortheopportunitytohaveparticipat...
Duringthepast30years,myclinicalresearchandpatienttreatmenteffortshavebeendirectedatpreventingdamagetoperiodontaltissuesduringortho...
598Thescientificbasisoforthodonticsrestsonaknowledgeofanatomy,physiologyandgrowth,andinparticular,biomechanics—therelationshipbet...