423Theeffectsoforthodontictreatmentonperi-odontalhealthhavebeeninvestigatedinseveralstudies.Manyresearchershaveobservedinflammatio...
418HISTORYANDCAUSEThepatientwasa9yearsand2monthsoldfemalefromtheDominicanRepublicwhosechiefcomplaintwas,“Myfrontteethstickout.”T...
410PATIENTHISTORYANDCAUSEThepatientwasa17-year3-month-oldwhitefemale(Figs1to4).Herchiefconcernwas“Iwantmyteethstraightenedandmyto...
406Theproblemofanimpactedmaxillaryincisorresultinginspaceconcernsintheanteriorregionoftheearlymixeddentitionisusuallyaclinicalchal...
Duringfacialdevelopment,thegrowthprocessesthatinvolvethediversesoftandhardtissuestructures(muscles,nerves,vessels,viscera,bones,an...
396Congenitaldevelopmentaldentalanomalieshavefrequentlybeenreportedtooccurinindividualsbornwithcleftlip,cleftpalate,orboth.Theasso...
390Sincethedevelopmentofnickel-titanium(Ni-Ti)alloywiresfororthodonticapplicationsintheUnitedStatesin1971,1thesewireshavebeenusedw...
382WhenthetreatmentobjectivesforapatientwithaskeletalclassIIImalocclusioncannotbeachievedbygrowthmodificationbecausethepatientisno...
ItisagreathonortopresentthislectureinmemoryofSheldonFriel.TogetherwithGrünberg(fromBerlin)andOppenheim(fromVienna),Frielwasamongt...
368Intheanalysisofmalocclusionsandtreat-mentplanning,anevaluationoftherelativetoothmass-esofthemaxillaryandmandibularanteriorteeth...
360Thepurposeofthisstudyistodevelopamethodthatwouldallowtheapplicationofcontinuouspassivemotion(CPM)tothetemporomandibularjoint(TM...
352Ithasbeenwidelyrecognizedformanyyearsthataccuratebracketpositioningisofcriticalimportanceintheefficientapplicationofbiomechanic...
TheHLD(CalMod)IndexistheCaliforniaModificationoftheHLDIndexsuggestedbyHarryL.Draker1in1960.ItsdevelopmentandusewasdescribedbyParke...
Itiswellestablishedthatboneresorptionbyosteoclastsiscrucialtoorthodontictoothmovement.1-5Inadescriptionofthemechanismoforthodontic...
314Theaimsofthisarticlearetosummarizecurrentliteratureaboutthelocalizationoftheimpactedmaxillarycanine(IMC)andtoprovidefurtherinfo...
Thesizeandshapeofthearcheswillhaveconsiderableimplicationsinorthodonticdiagnosisandtreatmentplanning,affectingthespaceavailable,de...
300Evaluationoftreatmentresultsandlong-termposttreatmentassessmentoforthodonticallytreat-edmalocclusionshasbeenofinterestforsevera...
Twinstudiesareoftenusedtohelpdefinetherelationshipbetweengeneticandnongeneticfactorsforvariousbiologicphenomenon.ThearticlebyLund-...
288Fixedorthodonticappliancetreatmentsig-nificantlyincreasestheriskofwhitespotlesionsandenameldecalcification.1-7Enameldecalcifica...
Fortheolderorthodontist,thetransitiontoretirementhasthepotentialtobeoneoflife’sgreatchallenges.Itrequirescarefulplanningandahighl...
