Total recall: an update on orthodontic wires.

Orthodontic therapy is a force management procedure largely based on use of arch wires for storing and distributing biologically tolerable forces by means of which position of teeth is altered. Advances in material science and technology has resulted in an array of newer arch wire materials, opening new vistas, in orthodontic treatment. Materials with widely diverging properties are in the market today and their usage has profound implications on appliance mechanics, and are very much different from stainless steel which is popular even today.

Craniofacial imaging in orthodontics--past present and future.

Images of the craniofacial region are an important component of the orthodontic patient record. The gold standard that orthodontic records attempt to achieve is the accurate replication or portrayal of the "anatomic truth". The anatomic truth is the accurate three-dimensional anatomy, static and in function, as it exists in vivo.

Treatment of Class II Div I malocclusion with two phase therapy--a case report.

In our opinion, the main goal of orthodontic treatment has now shifted from attaining normal occlusion to achieving a pleasing soft tissue profile. The following case report presents a case in which normal dental and skeletal relations as well as a pleasing soft tissue profile was achieved. The female growing patient presented with convex profile and incompetent lips with deep mentolabial sulcus.

Use of tip-edge in vertically growing individuaI-a case report.

Vertical control is one of the problems occasionally encountered in Straight wire treatment. Vertical problem was addressed in a more controlled manner using Tip-Edge technique In this case report Tip-edge was used in a vertically growing individual with mild crowding, proclined upper and lower incisors with skeletal class I malocclusion.