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  1. This study aims to investigate, utilising micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) and histology, whether the topical application of nerve growth factor (NGF) and/or epidermal growth factor (EGF) can enhance perio...

    Authors: Francesco Furfaro, Estabelle SM Ang, Ricky R Lareu, Kevin Murray and Mithran Goonewardene

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2014 15:2

    Content type: Research

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  2. Although using light-cured composites for bonding orthodontic brackets has become increasingly popular, curing light cannot penetrate the metallic bulk of brackets and polymerization of composites is limited t...

    Authors: Farzin Heravi, Saied Mostafa Moazzami, Negin Ghaffari, Javad Jalayer and Yasaman Bozorgnia

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:49

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  3. The purpose of this study was to assess the surface characterization and frictional resistance between stainless steel brackets and two types of orthodontic wires made of stainless steel and nickel-titanium al...

    Authors: Tahereh Hosseinzadeh Nik, Tabassom Hooshmand, Habibeh Farazdaghi, Arash Mehrabi and Elham S Emadian Razavi

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:48

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  8. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between dental arch form and the vertical facial pattern determined by the angle between the mandibular plane and the anterior cranial base (Sella-nasi...

    Authors: Cristina Grippaudo, Bruno Oliva, Anna Lucia Greco, Simone Sferra and Roberto Deli

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:43

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  12. The purpose of this study was to compare the shear bond strength and adhesive remnant index (ARI) at the enamel-bonding interface of precoated and conventionally bonded brackets, utilizing standardized procedu...

    Authors: Ulises A Guzman, Laurance Jerrold, Peter S Vig and Ahmad Abdelkarim

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:39

    Content type: Research

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  13. Bone density at the interradicular area plays an important role during orthodontic treatment. In view of this fact, the study was designed to quantitatively evaluate the bone density at the interradicular area...

    Authors: Tina Chugh, Sanjay V Ganeshkar, Ameet V Revankar and Abhay K Jain

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:38

    Content type: Research

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  14. Although much has been written on the implications of friction generated between orthodontic archwires and labial brackets, information on lingual brackets is still limited. Hence, we set out to investigate th...

    Authors: Luca Lombardo, Weronika Wierusz, Dominique Toscano, Roberto Lapenta, Andrea Kaplan and Giuseppe Siciliani

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:37

    Content type: Research

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  15. The study aims to compare the condylar position in patients with different anteroposterior sagittal skeletal relationships through a cone beam computed generated tomography (CBCT) imaging generated space analy...

    Authors: Jessica M Arieta-Miranda, Manuel Silva-Valencia, Carlos Flores-Mir, Ney A Paredes-Sampen and Luis E Arriola-Guillen

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:36

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  16. During orthodontic treatment, a low resistance to slide (RS) is desirable when sliding mechanics are used. Many studies showed that several variables affect the RS at the bracket-wire interface; among these, t...

    Authors: Riccardo Nucera, Antonino Lo Giudice, Giovanni Matarese, Alessandro Artemisia, Ennio Bramanti, Paolo Crupi and Giancarlo Cordasco

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:35

    Content type: Research

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  17. The smile perception of patients is not strictly related to standardized protocols and technical implications which certainly affect clinicians' decisions. The absence of maxillary lateral incisors could affec...

    Authors: Marco Rosa, Alessia Olimpo, Rosamaria Fastuca and Alberto Caprioglio

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:34

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  18. No meta-analyses or systematic reviews have been conducted to evaluate numerous potential biasing factors contributing to the controversial results on congenitally missing teeth (CMT). We aimed to perform a ra...

    Authors: Vahid Rakhshan

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:33

    Content type: Review

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  19. The objective of this study is to define an acquisition protocol that is clear, precise, repeatable, simple, fast and that is useful for analysis of the anthropometric characteristics of the soft tissue of the...

    Authors: Roberto Deli, Luigi M Galantucci, Alberto Laino, Raoul D’Alessio, Eliana Di Gioia, Carmela Savastano, Fulvio Lavecchia and Gianluca Percoco

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:32

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  20. Lateral cephalometric radiography is commonly used as a standard tool in orthodontic assessment and treatment planning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the available scientific literature and existing ev...

    Authors: Ana R Durão, Pisha Pittayapat, Maria Ivete B Rockenbach, Raphael Olszewski, Suk Ng, Afonso P Ferreira and Reinhilde Jacobs

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:31

    Content type: Review

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  21. Numerous strategies have been proposed to decrease the treatment time a patient requires in orthodontic treatment. Recently, a number of device-accelerated therapies have emerged in orthodontics. Photobiomodul...

    Authors: Chung How Kau, Alpdogan Kantarci, Tim Shaughnessy, Amornpong Vachiramon, Peerapong Santiwong, Alvaro de la Fuente, Darya Skrenes, Dennis Ma and Peter Brawn

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:30

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  22. The aim of this study was to evaluate, in particular, whether bone resorption occurred at the extraction sites of a group of patients under orthodontic treatment, and, in general, whether extraction treatment ...

    Authors: Luca Lombardo, Romina Bragazzi, Carlo Perissinotto, Davide Mirabella and Giuseppe Siciliani

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:29

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  23. This study compared the oral hygiene and caries risk of patients treated with labial and lingual orthodontic appliances throughout a prospective evaluation of the status of the oral environment before and afte...

    Authors: Luca Lombardo, Yildiz Öztürk Ortan, Özge Gorgun, Chiara Panza, Giuseppe Scuzzo and Giuseppe Siciliani

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:28

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  24. The objective of this study is to evaluate the skeletal and dentoalveolar effects of the crown Herbst appliance used alone for a single phase of therapy followed by a 1-year observation period.

    Authors: Gundega Jakobsone, Dalia Latkauskiene and James A McNamara Jr

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:27

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  25. Different crown-root angulations of maxillary central incisors can be assumed as a potential reason for many underscored outcomes of orthodontic treatments. The aim of this study was to determine the effects o...

    Authors: Farzin Heravi, Soheil Salari, Behrad Tanbakuchi, Shaghayegh Loh and Motahare Amiri

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:26

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  27. The aim of this study was to evaluate the amount of radiation doses absorbed by soft tissues (entrance skin dose) with a low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) protocol compared to conventional X-ray techniq...

    Authors: Giancarlo Cordasco, Marco Portelli, Angela Militi, Riccardo Nucera, Antonino Lo Giudice, Elda Gatto and Alessandra Lucchese

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:24

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  28. In straight wire preadjusted appliances, all the information required to position the teeth in three planes is included in the brackets placed at the midpoint of the facial axis of the clinical crown, defined ...

    Authors: Francesco Mazzeo, Edoardo Marchese, Valeria Assumma, Joseph Sepe and Letizia Perillo

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:23

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  29. The objective of this study was to verify the hypothesis that enamel deproteinization with papain gel at concentrations of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10% increases shear bond strength as concentration increases.

    Authors: Matheus M Pithon, Caio S Ferraz, Gabriel D Couto Oliveira and Adrielle M Dos Santos

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:22

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  31. The optimal long-term management of the congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisor continues to cause controversy within the specialty. The Angle Society of Europe meeting 2012 dedicated a day to address s...

    Authors: Ama Johal, Christos Katsaros and Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:20

    Content type: Short report

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  32. The objectives of this study were to develop and validate a novel analysis protocol to measure linear and angular measurements of tip and torque of each tooth in the dental arches of virtual study models.

    Authors: Luis T Huanca Ghislanzoni, Megan Lineberger, Lucia HS Cevidanes, Andra Mapelli, Chiarella Sforza and James A McNamara Jr

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:19

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  33. Whether skeletal effects are obtained by functional appliances in class II subjects is still controversial. In this regard, most of the available studies did not clearly identify the growth phases (i.e. pubert...

    Authors: Letizia Perillo, Alberta Femiano, Stefano Palumbo, Luca Contardo and Giuseppe Perinetti

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:18

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  34. The aim of this study was to investigate possible links between competitive swimming during the growth phase and the development of the dentoalveolar arches.

    Authors: Armando Silvestrini-Biavati, Claudia Capurro, Alessandro Ugolini, Andrea Carlo Butti and Antonino Salvato

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:17

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  35. Controversy exists in the literature between the role of orthodontic treatment and gingival recession. Whilst movement of teeth outside the alveolar bone has been reported as a risk factor for gingival recessi...

    Authors: Ama Johal, Christos Katsaros, Stavros Kiliaridis, Pedro Leitao, Marco Rosa, Anton Sculean, Frank Weiland and Björn Zachrisson

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:16

    Content type: Short report

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  36. Although the clinical use of miniscrews has been investigated on a large scale, little is known about their biocompatibility. Since low pH can affect corrosion resistance, the aim of this study was to evaluate...

    Authors: Angela Galeotti, Roberto Uomo, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Sergio Paduano, Roberta Cimino, Rosa Valletta and Vincenzo D’Antò

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:15

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  37. The aim of this research is to evaluate cyclic (CSBS) and static shear bond strengths (SSBS) of metal orthodontic brackets bonded to composite laminates using different conditioning protocols.

    Authors: Shaza M Hammad and Mai S El Banna

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:14

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  38. So far, a few studies have tried to investigate the relationship between the placement of fixed orthodontic appliances and the change of nonmicrobial salivary properties, mostly with conflicting outcomes and s...

    Authors: Giulio Alessandri Bonetti, Serena Incerti Parenti, Giulia Garulli, Maria Rosaria Gatto and Luigi Checchi

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:13

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  39. The aim of present study was to determine the prevalence of malocclusions, oral habits and the need for orthodontic treatment in a sample of 7- to 15-year-old Albanese schoolchildren.

    Authors: Giuseppina Laganà, Caterina Masucci, Francesco Fabi, Patrizio Bollero and Paola Cozza

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:12

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  40. Since many years, various bonding attachments have been used as a mode of traction for surgically exposed impacted teeth. It has always been a challenge to select an attachment considering predictability of th...

    Authors: Rekha Mittal, Deepak Rai, Anand Patil and Ashish Garg

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:11

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  41. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mandibular advancement devices (MADs) for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) compared with the results obtained with a placebo d...

    Authors: Andressa Otranto de Britto Teixeira, Luciana Baptista Pereira Abi-Ramia and Marco Antonio de Oliveira Almeida

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:10

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  42. The objective of this study was to compare the frictional forces generated by three types of monocrystalline ceramic brackets coupled with conventional elastomeric ligatures (CEL) and nonconventional elastomer...

    Authors: Mariana Bulhoes Galvão, Matteo Camporesi, André Tortamano, Gladys Cristina Dominguez and Efisio Defraia

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:9

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  43. The present meta-analysis initially evaluates the reliability of dental maturation in the identification of the circumpubertal growth phases, essentially for determining treatment timing in orthodontics. A lit...

    Authors: Giuseppe Perinetti, Graziela H Westphalen, Matteo Biasotto, Stefano Salgarello and Luca Contardo

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:8

    Content type: Review

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  46. The aim of the present study was to assess the muscular variations at the electromyography (EMG) level for the anterior temporalis muscles and masseter muscles during treatment with Occlus-o-Guide® and Andresen a...

    Authors: Giampietro Farronato, Lucia Giannini, Guido Galbiati, Elena Grillo and Cinzia Maspero

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:4

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  47. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to establish an equation to predict incremental mandibular length on the basis of the analysis of the cervical vertebrae on a single cephalometric radiograph and to c...

    Authors: Mahkameh Moshfeghi, Hajir Rahimi, Hoda Rahimi, Mahtab Nouri and Alireza Akbarzadeh Bagheban

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:3

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  49. The objective of this research is to analyze the diagnostic performance of the circumpubertal dental maturation stages of the mandibular canine and second molar, as individual teeth and in combination, for the...

    Authors: Giuseppe Perinetti, Roberto Di Lenarda and Luca Contardo

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:1

    Content type: Research

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  50. Pain is among the most cited negative effects of orthodontic treatment. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs seem to be an effective option for minimizing this but can have adverse effects on tooth movement o...

    Authors: Niveditha Shetty, Anand K Patil, Sanjay V Ganeshkar and Srinidhi Hegde

    Citation: Progress in Orthodontics 2013 14:6

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