82Naturalheadposture(NHP)hasbeenshowntobecorrelatedtocraniofacialmorphology,1-3tofuturegrowthtrends,4andtorespiratoryneeds.5,6Curr...
Inthephysiologictemporomandibularjoint(TMJ),thearticulardiskispositionedbetweenthecondylarheadandtheglenoidfossaandfollowsthecondy...
126Itisnecessarytoconsidertheestheticsandfunction,includingtheocclusalrelationship,intreat-mentplanningforsuccessfulorthognathicsu...
168Oneofthefunctionsofthetemporo-mandibularjoint(TMJ)articulardiskandposteriorattachmentistoprovidetheosseousarticularsurfaceswith...
ThedevelopingClassIIImalocclusionisoneofthemostchallengingproblemsconfrontingthepracticingorthodontist.Ifleftuntreated,themalocclu...
Epidemiologicstudiesindicatethatapicalrootresorptionmaybeaminorproblemintheaverageorthodonticpatient.Scoringofapicalmorphology1-4a...
BondingoforthodonticattachmentstotheenamelsurfacehasbeenperformedroutinelysinceNewman1firstintroducedthemethodin1964.Unfor-tunatel...
Theextractionofpremolarsasapracticalformoforthodontictherapyhasbeenacceptedformanyyears;butthereisacontroversyconcerningtheeffecto...
Distractionosteogenesisisthesectioningofaboneandthesubsequentdeliberate,controlledmove-mentoftheopposingsectionedboneedgestolength...
Inpreviousstudiesitwasfoundthatalowmasticatoryfunctioninratsthatwerefedasoftdietinfluencedthemandibulargrowthpattern.1,2Thecondyla...
232AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/August1999So,you’vebeenluckyenoughtogetsued.Ruleone,don’tfreakout;it’...
146Inorthodonticpractice,ithasbeencontro-versialwhetherabnormalmovementandpostureofthetongueduringswallowinginducesmalocclusion.Re...
114AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/July1999Orthognathicsurgeryforthecorrectionofseveremaloc-clusionsiseveri...
SinceancientEgypt,1artistshaveoftenusedmoreorlesscomplexgridsystemsforthepictorialrep-resentationofthehumanfigure.Thegridsallowedt...
AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/August199913AJudgmentandevaluationoforthodontictreatmentshouldbedoneinasyst...
184Thepatientwasfirstseenat6yearsofageinFebruary1980.Theinitialcomplaintwasofswellingandpainintheuppercentralincisorarea.Examinati...
46Nonsurgicalrapidpalatalexpansion(RPE)wasusedbyAngle1asearlyas1860andcontinuestobeusedbyorthodontistswithahighrateofsuccessforgro...
66Intheliterature,2distincttypes,orextremes,offacialformhavebeencharacterized:theskeletaldeep-biteandtheskeletalopenbite.1Schudy2u...
AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/July1999113Wearealldeeplysaddenedbytheuntimelydeathofourfriend,colleague,an...
Withtheadventofnickeltitaniumhighlyelasticpreformedarchwires,theclinicianisoftenabletointroducelargercross-sectionwireintheearlyst...