Dr. Carlos Alberto Estevanell Tavares was born in Porto Alegre in 1960. His father, Armando Petersen Tavares, was a pioneer of Brazilian Orthodontics and obtained his degree from Columbia University in the city of New York where he met his wife Luisa Estevanell from Cuba. Carlos Alberto attended the traditional Colégio Farroupilha, a high school in the city of Porto Alegre. He graduated with a ...

Dr. Márlio Oliveira is a graduate student, Master of Science in Dentistry Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and in the private practice of orthodontics at Rua Mato Grosso, 450 Universal, Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil; e-mail: marlio_ [email protected]. Dr. Pithon is a Professor of Orthodontics, Southwest Bahia State University, Jequié,...