Theorthodontistorsurgeonmustdeterminethepatient’smotivationinseekingtreatmentbeforethetreatmentbegins.Whenthispreliminarystepista...
Overthelasthalfofthiscenturypatientautonomyandqualityofcarehavebeenincreasinglyfocusedinprovisionofhealthservices.Withincreasingco...
Orthodonticsisaguild-basedprofessionsimilarinhistoricconstructiontolaw,medicine,andacademics.Assuch,wehaveenjoyeddecadesofrela-tiv...
ThetreatmentofClassIIImalocclusionremainsaperplexingproblem,particularlyinyoungpatients.Anumberoftreatmentprotocolshavebeenusedtoa...
166Itisveryimportantforverticalcorrectionofskeletalopen-bitetocontroltheheightoftheposteriordentoalveolarregions.However,tradition...
158Receivedwithenthusiasmyearsago,ceram-icbracketsarenowslowinginsales.Althoughtheesthet-icsarehighlydesirable,theirextremehardnes...
DistalmovementofthemaxillaryfirstmolarisacommongoalinthetreatmentofaClassIImolarrelationshipandintheresolutionofatoothsize/archlen...
148CASEREPORTApatientwithaskeletalClassIIDivision1maloc-clusionexhibitedatransposition,canineimpaction,severelydilaceratedcentrali...
Intheeraofthebondedorthodonticappli-ance,preformedstainlesssteelbandsremainimportantfororthodontictherapy.Orthodonticbracketsandpr...
138Thespheno-occipitalsynchondrosis(SOS)hasbeenconsideredtobeamaingrowthcenterinthecranialbase.Itisresponsibleforthegrowthofthepos...
ThemechanismofClassIIcorrectionwithfunctionalappliancesremainsunclear.Graber1listedsevencomponentsthatareprobablyresponsibleforthe...
Asignificantchangeinorthodonticsoverthelast20yearshasbeenthereplacementofcementedbandsbybondedorthodonticbrackets.Thedevelop-mento...
Treatmentbyextractionofonesingleman-dibularincisorisnotpopularintheorthodonticprofes-siondespitetheapparentadvantagesofextractioni...
NevoidbasalcellcarcinomasyndromeorGorlin’ssyndromeisageneralizeddisorderthatistrans-mittedbyautosomaldominantinheritance.1Itwasde...
Duringthelasttwodecades,severalbondedlingualorthodonticappliancesystems1-4havebeendevelopedandclinicallyusedparticularlyinadultpat...
Considerableresearchhasbeenconductedinsearchoffactorspredictiveofpostorthodonticchange.Thecausesremainuncertain,althoughtheyappear...
72TherehavebeenseveralstudiesoftherateofoccurrenceofpercutaneousinjuriesamonghealthcareworkersconductedbytheCentersforDiseaseContr...
Approximately30yearsago,ourcleftlipandpalateteamatChildren’sMemorialHospital,Chicago,begantouseanewinterdisciplinaryclinicalappro...
Optimumoralhygieneisofcriticalimpor-tanceforpatientswithorthodonticbracketsattachedtotheteeth.1Anefficientandeffectivemeansofmain-...
52Glassionomercement(GIC)ischaracter-izedbytheabilitytobondchemicallytoenamelanddentinewithoutetchingthesesurfaces,1andreleaseflu-...
