In their article, “Chairpersons of Pathology in the United States: Benchmarks for Academic Publications and Professional Credentials,” Wick and Stoler1 focus on issues that are both provocative and controversial. Prompted by their concern for the falling rate of recruitment of US medical school graduates into pathology residency training programs, Wick and Stoler conducted an objective study to...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to investigate possible relations between anticipated overall treatment complexity (AOTC) of an orthodontic case and malocclusion characteristics. METHODS Two groups of orthodontists (groups A and B) were asked to define perceived treatment complexity (PTC) of orthodontic cases based on 16 characteristics of malocclusion by means of a questionnaire. ...