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Dr. John Wellington Truitt, better known as Dr. Skip Truitt, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Baylor University with his DDS in 1967. Dr. Truitt’s career spanned seven decades. He was still teaching orthodontics to dentists around the world in 2024. His last lecture for the association, “Treating Children with Airway Obstruction & Blocked Eustachian Tubes,” was given at this year’s Annual Meeting in Sitges, Spain. He dedicated a lifetime to the same mission the IAO was built to serve.
Management of developing skeletal Class III malocclusion is one of the most challenging clinical conditions and has been an area of concern among researchers. Depending upon the underlying etiology, different protocols have been proposed and a variety of removable functional appliances have been developed. However, patient cooperation is of utmost concern with these removable functional appliances.
As I studied my notes collected from past seminars and courses over the years, and as I searched my ever- rowing collection of books, I rediscovered an amazing book which I must share with the reader. This book called The Breath of Life or Mal- respiration and its Effects Upon the Enjoyments and Life of Man (also titled Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life) was written in the mid- 1800s by American author George Catlin (1796-1872).
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson (September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1874)
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The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the current literature on the correlation of early maxillary expansion with the spontaneous eruption of palatally impacted maxillary canines.
This study analyzed the planning of guided corticopuncture (suture weakening associated with microimplant-assisted rapid palatal expansion) in 171 patients to understand the variables that define and limit this type of treatment.
Having noted that for some that the nighttime problems of many patients are mainly eliminated with a mandibular advancement appliance, which is then removed in the waking hours. Therefore, it seemed very logical that the mandible was retruded ; and, since the “daytime occlusion” was restored with removal of the appliance, it seemed apparent that the maxilla must also be retruded. Therefore, by repositioning the maxilla properly, the mandible can then be retained in the relation which restored a competent airway; and, life-time night-time mandibular advancement appliances would not be necessary.
Tooth loss is one of the factors that most frequently leads guardians seeking pediatric dentistry treatment. The aim of this study was to report a clinical case of dental agenesis with dental trauma in the deciduous dentition, its clinical and psychosocial repercussions and the treatment performed. A five-year-old girl was diagnosed with agenesis of tooth 52, trauma to tooth 51 and maxillary atresia. In an orthodontic approach, the treatment plan consisted of constructing a Haas-type expander associated with an esthetic-functional space maintaining device. The esthetic functional interceptive treatment made it possible to improve the format of the arch, functions of respiration, speech and the esthetics of the smile.
1. Extrusive – Retrusive: after the Passive Utility Arch is fabricated, it should be inserted into the maxillary or mandibular tubes, to evaluate the parallelism and the tip of the molars. The 30° – 45° tip-forward (gable bend, “V” pointing apically) in front of the molar tubes precipitates:
