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...
434Al-FarraetalAmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedicsOctober2001humanmassetermusclebytwo-dimensional31P-chemicalsh...
Thefacialskeletalmusclehasbeenshowntoinfluencefacialgrowthandmorphology,1,2butthenatureofthisinteractionisnotwellknown.Mostinvesti...
416Theresponseofdentalandskeletalstructurestofunctionalcorrectionhasbeenwidelydiscussedintheorthodonticliterature.1-6AlteringaClas...
406SinceNewman1publishedthefirstclinicalreportconcerningsuccessfullyusingepoxyadhesiveindirectlybondingorthodonticbracketstoteeth,...
398Inresponsetotheprevalentproblemofwhite-spotlesions,manufacturershaveattemptedtoincreasethefluoridereleaselevelsoforthodonticadh...
392Decalcificationoftheenamelsurfaceadjacenttoorthodonticbracketsisacommonadverseeffectoforthodontictreatment.1-3Patientsoftenhave...
Atpresent,orthodonticbands,brackets,andarchwiresareprimarilymadeofstainlesssteel,containing18%chromiumand8%nickel.Nickel-titanium(...
378Avitalcomponentofthefixedorthodonticappli-anceistheorthodonticarchwire.Anidealarch-wireshouldbeabletomoveteethwithalight,contin...
Frictionistheresistancetomotionthatexistswhenasolidismovedtangentiallywithrespecttothesurfaceofanothersolidthatittouches,orwhenana...
Conventionalstainlesssteelbracketshavebeenwellcharacterized,particularlyintermsofresistancetosliding(RS)inthesecondorderofspacewhe...
Regularandeffectiveremovalofplaquefromalltoothsurfacesisessentialforpreventingcariesandperiodontaldiseases.1-4Unfortunately,ithasb...
348Nasalrespirationplaysanimportantroleinwarming,filtering,andhumidifyinginspiredair.1AccordingtoLinder-Aronson2andRubin,3nasalbre...
Deciduoustoothrootresorptionisadesirableprocessduringtheeruptionofthepermanentdentition.Whenamaxillarypermanentcanineeruptsapicalt...
