The editorial office of the Journal of Islamic Dental Association of Iran has recently determined that an original article entitled “Stress Distribution in Three-Implant- Retained Mandibular Overdentures Using Finite Element Analysis” authored by Ahmadzadeh A, Golmohammadi F, Mousavi N, Epakchi S. published in thewinter 2015 issue of the Journal of Islamic Dental Association of Iran [Journal of...

This report describes a novel concept of relocating orthodontic mini-implants during dental distalization to provide unrestricted distal movement of the full maxillary dentition. The patient was an 18-year old Korean woman with a full-step Class II Division 1 malocclusion and mandibular deficiency. Mini-implants were initially placed bilaterally between the maxillary second premolar and the fir...

INTRODUCTION Skeletal Class III malocclusion is often referred for orthodontic treatment combined with orthognathic surgery. However, with the aid of miniplates, some moderate discrepancies become feasible to be treated without surgery. OBJECTIVE To report the case of a 24-year-old man with severe skeletal Angle Class III malocclusion with anterior crossbite and a consequent concave facial pr...

quired several archwire bends to compensate for the lingual morphology of the teeth.1 Not only did this complicate the clinical procedure, but it led to archwire breakage in the bend areas and created impediments to sliding mechanics, potentially interfering with canine retraction. A sliding jig could not be used, and it was difficult to adjust angulations for the correction of root positions. ...