Welcome to Orthodontic Practice US

A dental journal and publication for orthodontists

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How to love your practice life

Current Issue, Orthodontic Experts

Dr. Alyssa Emory-Carter Dr. Alyssa Emory-Carter achieves high-quality treatment, close patient follow-up, and patient satisfaction with DentalMonitoring DentalMonitoring is a ...

Navigating dental malpractice lawsuits — part 1

Columns, Current Issue

Kristin Tauras, JD, guides dental specialists through the legal elements Dental specialists are increasingly being sued for professional malpractice. As ...

7 marketing musts for orthodontists in 2023

Current Issue, Practice Management

Dr. Kyle Fagala offers insights on how to keep your practice in the spotlight Whatever industry you’re in, marketing can ...

Regain control over your practice: lower costs, eliminate supply-chain issues, and increase customization

Current Issue, Practice Management

Dr. Tom Shannon explains how in-house 3D-printed fixed appliances can help resolve common practice frustrations At our core, orthodontists are ...

Benefit of early Class II treatment — a treatise on validity of the 1998 Carolina randomized clinical trial

Concepts, Current Issue

Dr. John L. Hayes discusses the influence of the Carolina Research papers on one- or two-phase orthodontic treatment The purpose ...

Telling the world about you

Columns, Current Issue

Lisa Moler, Founder/Publisher, MedMark Media Our worlds are so busy with our time consumed with improving clinically, professionally, and personally. ...

Orthodontists — in the human business

Columns, Current Issue

As a longtime observer as well as active participant in the field of orthodontics since 1982, I have had the ...

Panthera Dental 10th Anniversary Celebration

Corporate Profile, Current Issue

Adrienne Good, National Account Manager for Orthodontic Practice US, recaps Panthera’s memorable event Panthera Dental asked me to attend their ...

Smile Stream Solutions

Current Issue, Product Profile

For the past 2 years, Smile Stream Solutions has remained true to both our strategic growth plan and our mission ...

Burstone’s Biomechanical Foundation of Clinical Orthodontics

Columns, Current Issue

Kwangchul Choy, DDS, MS, PhD, 2022, Quintessence Publishing Co., www.quintpub.com Whenever a classical textbook such as Biomechanical Foundation of Clinical ...

The case for combination treatment

Current Issue, Product Profile

Dr. Eric Wu explains how to improve patient satisfaction and profitability What is combination treatment? Combination treatment is the use ...

Stem cells and the dynamic field of medicine, dentistry, and orthodontics

Concepts, Current Issue

Dr. Amy B. Jackson discusses how stem cells from wisdom teeth can have promising medical benefits When I was pregnant ...

Orthodontic Clinical Studies

Dental Mental Network

Clinical

Dr. Brett E. Gilbert and Sue Jeffries discuss the importance of providing a safe space in support of dentists’ mental ...

Practitioner perceptions of the link between orthodontics and temporomandibular disorders (TMD): a survey of dentists, orthodontists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Clinical

Drs. Chadwick Augusty, Shadbeh Taghizadeh, Vincent Graves, John Stockstill, and Courtney McCracken (biostatistics) study the perceived association between orthodontics and ...

Examining the dental canon

Clinical

Drs. Francesca Scilla Smith and Larry W. White discuss centric occlusion, centric relation, and the role of canines Canines Prior ...

Into the unknown: emerging evidence regarding risks of aerosols in the dental office

Clinical

Dr. Maria L. Geisinger discusses likely modes of transmission for the virus that causes COVID-19 Aerosols created during dental procedures ...

Next-generation treatment planning

Clinical

Editor’s intro: Using combination treatment plans allows Dr. Adam Schulhof to approach appliances like menu options — let him whet your appetite ...

Let the celebrities help

Clinical

Editor’s Intro: Even Tom Cruise flashes an imperfect smile. Model wide-raging smile esthetics with celebrity photos. Dr. Donald J. Rinchuse discusses ...

The physics of Class II correction

Clinical

Dr. James J. Jasper discusses the efficacy of the Jasper Vektor® Appliance Introduction From the beginning of the modern ortho-dontic ...

Myofunctional therapy plays a key role in the orthodontic practice

Clinical

Dr. Daniel Klauer uses MFT for his patients on a daily basis for malocclusion and OSA The TMJ & ...

In my practice: aligner therapy with added high-frequency vibration

Clinical

Dr. David R. Boschken discusses a combination of therapies that can lead to more efficient orthodontic treatment During my 20-year ...

Management of facial asymmetries — true skeletal or functional shift

Clinical

Drs. Jamie Y. Kim, Chung How Kau, and Ahmet A. Celebi show a patient’s progress through treatment Figure 1: Pretreatment ...

Manual osteoperforation and high-frequency vibration

Clinical

Dr. R. Bruce McFarlane illustrates technologies that facilitate treatment goals Over the years, as I explore beneficial technologies to add ...

The value of orthodontic study models for diagnosis and treatment planning: a survey

Clinical

Drs. Nathan Yetter and Donald J. Rinchuse investigate whether orthodontic e-models and/or plaster models are useful Introduction: The purpose of ...

Orthodontic Case Studies

Treatment of an adult Class II malocclusion with a hyperdivergent mandible and an open bite

Drs. Emad Hussein, Sari Amer, Yazan Ashhab, Khaled Qattawi, Mohammad Abo Mowais, Nezar Watted, Zuhir Anani, and Manal Samarah treat a ...