Apicalrootresorptionobservedmid-orpost-treatmentisoccasionallyofpassinginteresttotheclinician,butusuallyoflittleimport.Fortu-natel...
498Thepercentageofadultpatientswhoseekortho-dontictreatmenthasincreasedsignificantlyinrecentdecades.1,2Thesepatientsoftenrequiremu...
Wepreviouslyreportedthatendosseoustita-niumimplantscanfunctionasanchorsforlong-termorthodonticmesiodistalmove-mentinbeagledogs.Not...
482Placingteethintheappropriateanteroposteriorpositionisanessentialaspectofanyorthodonticcasethatinvolvesspaceclosure.Dependingont...
472Computersareaffordable,convenientlysized,andcommoninorthodonticoffices.Thebasiccom-putercomponentscanbedividedintohardware,soft...
464Facialestheticsisoneofthemaingoalsofortho-dontictreatment,andincreasedemphasishasbeenplacedonitinrecentyearsbybothpatientsandor...
Foramajorityoforthodontists,thisisbecomingayearofpersonalinvolvementinWebdevelop-ment,andalongwiththatcomesthechallengeofdevelopin...
Howmanytimeshaveyoubeenatameetingandyouareeitherpartoforoverhearthefollowingconversation?Orthodontist1:DoyouknowDrIwannabeAtooth-s...
452Technologyismovingfasterthanthespeedoflight,andtoday’smodernorthodonticofficeisbetterequippedthaneverbeforetotakeadvan-tageoft...
Therelapseofmandibularanteriorcrowdingafterorthodontictreatmentiscommonandremainsachallengingproblemtosolve.Severalpossibili-tiesa...
436Humanneonatesareobligatenasalbreathers.1Oralbreathingispresumedtobeasurvivalskillorahabitlearnedafterbirth.Oralbreathingmaybese...
426TheoriginalWitsanalysiswasproposedbyJacobson1in1975tosupplementcephalometricdiagnosisandtoverifytheanteriorskeletaldis-crepancy...
Theaimoforthodontictreatmentofchildrenwithmalocclusionsistoproduceawell-balancedfacialprofileinadditiontoanacceptableocclu-sion.De...
406AlthoughsomestudieshavealreadydescribedmanycharacteristicsofClassIIsubdivisionmalocclusions,somequestionspersistregard-ingtheor...
Thecranialbaseprovidessupportforthebrainandadaptationduringgrowthbetweenthedevel-opingneurocraniumandviscerocranium.1,2Becauseofth...
390Theresponseofthetemporomandibularjoint(TMJ)tomandibularforwardpositioninghasbeenverycontroversialinbothexperimentalandclinicals...
382Relapseaftermandibularadvancementisaprob-lemthatmaycompromisethesuccessoftheprocedure.Manyfactorshavebeenimplicatedinskeletalre...
368Thebilateralsagittalsplitosteotomy(BSSO)isthemostfrequentlyusedsurgicaltechniqueforthemanagementofmandibularretrognathism.Despi...
Orthognathicsurgeryhasthepotentialtochangefacialestheticsdramatically.Patientsseekingtreatmentareusuallyeagertoreceivepreciseinfor...
346Thecryopreservationandstorageofhumanteethinatoothbankoffersnewpossibilitiesintheautotransplantationofteeth.1,2Autotrans-plantat...

