576Thetransversalarchdimensionaffectsdentalocclusion.Abroadmaxillaryarchismorelikelytobeassociatedwithascissors-bite,andanar-rowma...
IrecentlyhadtheopportunitytolistentothenewlyelectedpresidentoftheAmericanDentalAssocia-tion,DrGregChadwick,anendodontistfromChar-l...
AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/November20017AOrthodontictreatmentinlong-termsurvivorsafterpediatricbonemar...
You’retalkingtooneofyourformerclassmatesaboutthespouse,thekids,thehouse,andthepractice.Asyoucomparenotes,onethingleadstoanother,a...
Pituitaryadenomasarebenigntumorslocatedinthesellaturcicafossa.Theycangrowexpansivelyorinvadeadjacentstructures.Thepituitaryglandis...
556Acertainmaxillarytomandibulartoothsizerela-tionshipisimportantforproperocclusalinter-digitation,overjet,andoverbite.Atooth-size...
542...findoutthecauseofthiseffect,/Orrathersay,thecauseofthisdefect;/Forthiseffectdefectivecomesbycause.—Shakespeare,Hamlet,II,ii...
530Althougheachorthodonticpatientpresentsuniquecircumstancesandchallenges,treatmentoptionsandoutcomesaremitigatedbythepatient’sag...
Posteriorunilateralcrossbitefirstappearsbetween19monthsand5yearsofage.1Reportedinci-dencesrangebetween5.9%and9.4%ofthepop-ulation,...
Unilateralposteriorcrossbite(UPXB)malocclu-sionoccursbetween19monthsand5yearsofage1andisoftenassociatedwithnarrowmaxil-lae.Theinci...
Thegoalsoforthodontictreatmentshouldincludenotonlyimprovedpatientesthetics,butalsoimprovedocclusalfunction.Orthodontistsshouldstri...
498Complexmaxillofacialdisharmoniesintheverti-calandsagittaldimensioncanbecomplicatedbygenuineorcompensatingtransversemaxil-laryde...
490Surgical-orthodontictreatment(orthognathicsurgery)isnowawell-establishedandcommonlyusedtreatmentapproachforpersonswithskeletald...
Duringorthodonticforceapplication,theperi-odontalligament(PDL)undergoeshyaliniza-tion,alight-microscopetermdescribingthelossofcell...
466Orthodontictoothmovementdependsonalveolarboneremodeling.Thishighlyactiveprocessinvolvesboneformationbyosteoblastsandresorptionb...
Pediatricandadolescentcancersrepresentabout1%ofallcancercases.Theimprovementinsur-vivalachievedover2decadeshasbeendramatic,withtho...
TheworldgrewsmallerwiththeSeptember11terroristatrocitiesontheEastCoast.AlthoughIliveontheWestCoast,3000milesaway,themes-sagesofsym...
448Assumethefollowinghypothetical.Youpracticeinastatethatallowsexpanded-dutyauxiliariesanddentalhygienists,underappropriatesuper-v...
445ElectronicsubmissionofarticlestotheAJO-DOandotherjournalshasbeenincreasingsteadilyandwillprobablyconstitutethemajorformofsubmis...
Distractionosteogenesishasbeenusedtolengthencongenitallysmallandretrognathicmandibles.1-3Althoughthistechniquecangen-erateunlimite...
