AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedicsWolfordetal151Volume121,Number2condyles.Thisbecomestherationaleforcombiningh...
136Condylarhyperplasia(CH)isapathologicalcon-ditionthatpresentsachallengetobothortho-dontistsandoralandmaxillofacialsurgeonsbecaus...
Interestinrapidmaxillaryexpansion(RME)hasincreasedmarkedlyduringthepast2decades.Thecorrectionoftransversediscrepanciesandthegainin...
120Maxillarycanine-firstpremolar(MxCP1)transpositionisthemostfrequenttoothtrans-position,althoughitsincidenceinthegeneralpopulatio...
110Missingteethinchildrenareaparticularchal-lenge.Thereplacementshouldpreferablyadapttogrowthanddevelopmentalchangesintheoralregio...
108ItseemslikeonlyyesterdaythatIwasthenewkidontheblock;today,it’sdifficulttospotanortho-dontistwhoismysenior.Ithasbeenawonderful3...
ThisyoungyearisofftoauniquestartinthelonghistoryoftheAmericanAssociationofOrtho-dontists(AAO)inthatwehaveanewexecutivedirectoraboa...
6AAmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/January2002EffectivenessofearlytreatmentofClassIImalocclusionTimothyT.Whe...
Forthepast17yearsinmy(Dan)presentationstopredoctoralandpostdoctoralstudentsinortho-dontics,“SocialandPsychologicalAspectsofPhysic...
84ThereisstillcontroversyregardingtheeffectsoforthopedicforceappliedtothechiningrowingpatientswithClassIIIfacialabnormalities.From...
Mechanicalloadingofthehumantemporo-mandibularjoint(TMJ)andactivationofthemusclesofmasticationthatproducetheload-ingareofinterest,p...
Forcenturies,facialestheticshasbeenasubjectofinteresttopeopleofallcultures.1-5Theworldisfullofevidenceofwhathumanbeingshavedonesin...
The2mostimportantgoalsoforthodontictreat-mentaretoachieveagoodfunctionalocclusionandtoimprovefacialesthetics.Asearlyas1907,Angle1e...
Thehumanmandibularsecondpremolar(MnP2)ishighlyvariabledevelopmentally.Approxi-mately2%ofEuropeanpopulationsamplesaremissing1orboth...
46SkeletalClassIIIsubjectshavecharacteristicmor-phologicalfeaturesinthecraniofacialcomplex,eg,shortposteriorcranialbase,retrusivem...
38Inorthodonticpatients,asymmetricmalocclusionsarecommonandverychallengingtocorrect.Opti-maltreatmentoutcomesarebasedprimarilyonre...
Becauseofrestraintsinthepublichealthcaresys-tem,theassessmentofclinicalperformanceisimportantatthepractice,institutional,andnation...
18InthetreatmentofAngleClassIImalocclusions,headgearisusedroutinelyoroccasionallyby9outof10orthodontists.1Beginninginthelate1980s,...
Wehavepreviouslyreviewedmanyimportantissuesconcerningthe2timingstrategiesfortreatingClassIImalocclusion.1Althoughgrowthmodificatio...
2Throughoutacademicyear1999/2000,thefourthinaseriesofnationalsurveyssponsoredbytheAmericanAssociationofOrthodontists(AAO)Councilon...
