678Clinicalinvestigationsandexperimentalstudiesindicatethatendosseousprostheticimplantsinsertedintothealveolusareresistanttoorthod...
667Idiopathiccondylarresorption(ICR),alsoknownasidiopathiccondylysis,condylaratrophy,andprogressivecondylarresorption,isawell-docu...
HISTORYThepatient,ahealthy26-year10-montholdAsianfemale,presentedfortreatmentintheOrthodonticDepartmentattheUniversityofWashington...
659Totalqualitymanagement(TQM)isacom-petitiveadvantageandaninvestmentinthepracticewithassuredreturnspresentedasprofitandgrowth.Iti...
651Eruption,amultifactorialprocessprimarilydependentonthetoothgerm,isdefinedastheaxialorocclusalmovementofatoothfromitsdevelopment...
642Repeatedtreatmentofpatientsnecessitatedbya2-phasetreatmentplan,relapse,orgrowthchangesisaknowncomponentofclinicalorthodontics.B...
635Ceramicbracketsareesthetic,strong,andresistanttochemicaldegradation.1Ceramicbrackets,however,areextremelybrittleandhavelowfract...
629Properoralhygienecomplianceinortho-donticpatientshasalwaysbeendifficulttomaintain.Millionsofpatientsreceiveorthodontictreatment...
621Upperairwayrespiratorydisorderssuchashabitualsnoringandobstructivesleepapneasyndrome(OSAS)arerelativelycommoninthegeneralpopula...
616SinceBuonocoreintroducedtheacidetchbondingtechniquein1955,theconceptofbondingvar-iousresinstoenamelhasdevelopedapplicationsinal...
Inorthodontics,thetermorthopedicforcedenotesaheavyandinterruptedforce.1Thesideeffectsoftheheavyanduninterruptedorthopedicforcepro-...
597FunctionalappliancetherapyhasbecomeanincreasinglypopularmethodofcorrectingClassIImalocclusion,withappliancessuchasthebionator,1...
460Throughthegrowthanddevelopmentofsofttissuesandfunctioningelementsofskeletalstruc-tures,thenecessarystimuliforthedevelopmentofth...
452Orthodontistshavealongtraditionofcare-fullyevaluatingtheresultsoftheirtreatment.Thisassessmentoftreatmentoutcomehasusuallyinvol...
444Educationaloutcomesassessmentofthepredoctoraldentalcurriculumhaslongbeenaconcernofeducatorsanddentalpractitioners.1TheCurricula...
435ThecorrectionofClassIIdentalrelation-shipscanbeachievedthroughdentoalveolarchanges,orthopedicforcestoinhibitmaxillarygrowthando...
432Sincetheearly80s,compositeresinshavebeenwidelyusedforbondingmandibularlingualarches1,2fromcaninetocanine.Coaxialarchwiresaregen...
430Thediagnosisandtreatmentoftemporo-mandibulardisorders(TMD)hasbeenacontroversialsubjecteversinceitfirstappearedinthedentallitera...
424A9-year3-montholdfemalepresentedwithherparent’scomplaintthat“herteetharenotfit-tingtogetherproperlyandshehaspooreatinghabits....
415Theuseofarotationalpanoramicradi-ograph(PR)withanocclusalradiograph(OR)wasadvocatedinanarticleonthelocalizationoftheuneruptedma...
