Althoughtheremaybemultipleavenuesofinter-ventiontoattaina“normal”occlusionbasedonasinglediagnosis,establishinganaccuratediagnosi...
Theembryologicdevelopmentofteethischarac-terizedbyseveraldistinctandrecognizableprocesses,includinginitiation,proliferation,his-to...
614Mandibularrestpositionhasalonghistoryindentistryasareferenceposition1-6buthasbeendefinedandmeasuredinvariousways.Mostoften,itis...
608Mostorthodontistsappreciatethataparticularmalocclusioncanbetreatedsatisfactorilywith1ofseveraltreatmentplans.Eachplanhasitsadva...
598Previousstudieshavedemonstratedthatduringnormaladolescentgrowththemandibleusuallygrowsmorethandoesthemaxilla,anditsgrowthcontin...
588Maintainingthealignmentofthedentitionafterorthodontictreatmentisaproblemasoldasthespecialty.Nielson1speculatedthatthekeytounder...
Thedentalrecordsofpresent-daywhitepeoplesuggestthattheocclusionofthedentalarcheshasbeenchangingoverthelastcentury.Thisstudywasdesi...
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...
