Only1studyoftheincidenceofmalocclusionintheLatinopopulationhasbeenpublishedintheliterature.1Thepurposeofourstudywastodocumentthein...
Thetransferenceoforthodonticforcestotheperi-odontaltissueinvolvesseveralbiologicmecha-nismsandultimatelyresultsinexcessivebone1and...
300Disintegrationoforthodonticapplianceshasbecomeacriticalissueinorthodonticresearchbecauseofthepotentialadversebiologicreac-tions...
292Thevariouscanineretractionappliancesinclini-calusemaybegroupedaccordingtowhetherthedevicesthatproducethedistaldrivingforcearese...
274Aftergoldalloyarchwireswerelargelysup-plantedbystainlesssteel(SS)wiresintheearly1960s,therewasaperiodinwhichonly1otheralloycomp...
Eventhoughsuperelasticnickel-titanium(NiTi)archwireswereintroducedtoorthodonticsmorethanadecadeago,1,2manyoftheirkeycharac-teristi...
256Glassionomercementswereoriginallyformu-latedbyWilsonandKent1inthe1970s.Thesecementsphysiochemicallybondmetalbracketstoenamel.Cl...
Theacidetchtechnique,firstsuggestedbyBuonocore,1ledtotechniquesthatmarkedlyimprovedbondingtoenamel.Thistechniquewassuggestedforort...
Therelationshipbetweenthirdmolarsandcrowd-inghasbeendebatedformanyyears.1-4Merri-field5advocatedposteriorcrowdingandsug-gestedthat...
Thefirstpartofthestudyshowedthatthirdmolarpositionswereinvariablygoodorsatisfactorywhentheyeruptedafterextractionofsecondmolars.Ho...
226Lossofthesecondpermanentmolars,withorwithoutmechanicaltreatment,canprovideuse-fulspacetorelievemildtomoderatecrowding.Crowdingi...
216Efficientofficemanagementandsuccessinorthodonticpracticerequireanaccuratepredic-tionoftreatmentduration.Patientswhocom-pletetre...
Numerousstudiesinthepasthaveassessedarchdimensionsintheprimarydentitions.Researchershaveusedavarietyoflandmarksandtechniques,which...
202Inpatientswithoutcleftliporcleftpalate,thepres-enceofhypodontiaofthepermanentdentitionisreportedtobebetween1.5%and10.2%.Theprev...
Onecanneverclaimthatorthodonticeducatorsandresearchersspendtoomuchtimetryingtoprovethatabetterlifeisjustaroundthecorner.However,I...
WiththepassingofKaareReitanonOctober8,2000,thespecialtyoforthodonticsworldwidelostagreatleader.Hishistologicresearchontissuereacti...
ClassIImalocclusioniscommon,andthelitera-tureisrepletewitharticlesandcasereportsaboutthisclassofmalocclusion,particularlyClassIIDi...
Transpositionisauniqueandextremeformofectopiceruptioninwhichapermanenttoothdevelopsanderuptsinthepositionnormallyoccupiedbyanother...
Mandibularsymphysealdistractionosteogenesisfollowedbymovementoftheincisorsintothedistractedareahasrecentlybeenintro-ducedasameanso...
Anumberoftechnologieshaveplayedaroleinthestudyoffacialgrowthanddevelopment.Someoftheearlieststudiesinvolvedtheuseofhumanskullcolle...
