Winter IJO Abstract
Hello fellow orthodontic practitioners, I am writing this editorial thinking about where dentistry and especially Orthodontics will be in the coming years. I do not have a crystal ball I only have the lessons taught from my past to guide and help improve our profession.
There are many challenges we face in our everyday clinical practice. Some patients have a robust set of problems, while others have few. Regardless of the number and nature of the concerns, we are obliged to diagnose and correct them so that the patient can be healthier and have better self esteem from an improved appearance. This article presents a case of a 31-year-old man with Class II skeletal and Angle Class II, Division 1 dental malocclusion, hyper-divergence, TM-dysfunction, maxillary dento-alveolar protrusion, moderate crowding, and gummy smile. This complex case was treated firstly without extractions with Mandibular repositioning splint. However, later in the treatment the patient required odontectomy of two second maxillary bicuspids, and TADs. The total treatment time was 41 months.
Having read through all the chapters up to here, you will by now understand how important it is to ensure that your child’s jaws develop correctly. Generally, jaw growth deficiency lies in the upper jaw, the Maxilla.
Orthodontic/jaw orthopedic appliances have been in use for over a century and have been found to be safe and effective when used correctly. The fixed Osseo-Restore™ Appliance (ORA) is a recent innovative appliance that incorporates current scientific understanding of human craniofacial growth and development. This is a clinical survey to ask practicing clinicians about the safety and efficacy of the fixed ORA.
In previous articles, we’ve talked about the fastest, most dramatic and sustainable way for you to add profit to your practice. The fact is most practices aren’t anywhere close to their potential. They are playing for minimums, baselines, and daily goals that are by themselves self-limiting.
During social interactions, a person concentrates on facial components, such as the eyes. Therefore, it can be contemplated that factors other than smile parameters can influence an attractive smile. The objective of this study was to compare the role of facial structures in the perception of smile esthetics between laypersons and orthodontists.
The definition of the Utility Arch from Google: “The utility arch is a two-couple intrusion arch wire used for control of anterior deep overbite. It is commonly made with rectangular wire, attached to the teeth only at the molars and the incisors and is activated for incisor intrusion by a molar tip back bend.”
Tooth gemination is not a very common phenomenon. It occurs most frequently in the primary dentition, with an estimated prevalence of 0.6%, whereas its prevalence in the permanent dentition is even rarer, and is estimated to be around 0.1%. We present a case of a geminated maxillary left lateral incisor that was treated with a multi-disciplinary approach.
