316Toothtranspositionisananomalyinvolvingthepositionalinterchangeof2teeth.Thisphenome-noniswelldocumentedintheliteratureandmostcom...
310Salivaryproteinconcentrationisvariable,intherangeof2to5mg/mL,about3%oftheproteinconcentrationofblood.Themajorsecretorypro-teins...
Retentionofplaquearoundthecontoursandedgesofbracketshasbeenshowntoleadtoagreaterprevalenceofenameldecalcificationinorthodontically...
SinceBuonocoreintroducedtheacidetchbondingtechniquein1955,theconceptofbondingvariousresinstoenamelhasdevelopedapplicationsinallfie...
Thecleanupofremnantbondingadhesivefromtheenamelsurfaceafterdebondingisanimpor-tantfactorforclinicians.Littleinformationisavailable...
280Manycliniciansbelievethatthemolarrelation-shipinthelatetransitionaldentitioncanbemaintainedinthepermanentdentitionwith-outchang...
Historically,oralappliances(OAs)usedintreatingobstructivesleepapnea(OSA)are,intermsoftheirconstructiondesign,predominantlyderivedf...
266ThecurveofSpeewasfirstdescribedbyF.GrafvonSpeein1890.Heusedskullswithabradedteethtodefinealineofocclusion.Thatlineliesonacylind...
Theuseofnumericfiniteelement(FE)calcula-tionsbyorthodonticresearchershasincreasedinrecentyears.Oneoftheiraimsistoprovidemoreinform...
244Formanyyears,whetherteethshouldorshouldnotbeextractedaspartoforthodontictreatmenthasbeendiscussedbytheprofession.Theopin-ionsof...
GUESTEDITORIALWhatpriceprogress?JamesL.Ackerman,DDS,MS,andWilliamR.Proffit,DDS,PhDBrynMawr,Pa,andChapelHill,NCForatleast2centuries...
10AAmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/February2002Outcomeoftoothtransplantation:Survivalandsuccessrates17-41ye...
238AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/February2002OnSeptember9,2001,orthodonticsandcraniofacialbiologylostatru...
236Onseveraloccasions,thiscolumnhasdealtwithcovenantsnottocompete,alsoknownasrestrictivecovenants.Anoft-toutedmythabouttheseagreem...
Inthelate1980s,thefirstdirectdigitalsystemforintraoralradiographywasmarketedfordentistry.1Thissystemusedapersonalcomputer(PC),whic...
Theevaluationofmaxillaryandmandibularincisorinclinationisanimportantpartofortho-dontictreatmentplanning,aswellasassessingtreatment...
176Qualityofcarehasbeendefinedinmedicineas“thedegreetowhichhealthservicesforindi-vidualsandpopulationsincreasethelikelihoodofdesi...
166Amajorobjectiveoforthodontictreatmentistocorrecttoothpositionsin3planesofspace,sothattheyapproachpredefinedcephalometricandoccl...
162Mandibularsymphysealdistractionosteogene-sishasbeenreportedasaviablemeanstocorrecttransversedeficienciesandseverearch-lengthdef...
152Temporomandibularjoint(TMJ)internalderange-ment(discdisplacement)isacommonconditioninadolescentpatientsseekingorthodonticcare.I...
