Orthodontic Graduate Student Research
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Lucien Bellamy: Incisor Intrusion in Adults: The Effects of Alveolar Bone Level and Root Length
Amrit Burn: The Effect of Dietary Consistency on Craniofacial Suture Growth and Morphology in the Growing Pig
Kelly Ryan: The Effect of Malocclusion and its Treatment on the Quality of Life of Adolescents
Zongyang Sun: Angiogenesis of a Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis Site and its Relationship to Masticatory Strain
Fereshteh Yousefzadeh: Cephalometry and Electromyography in East African Patients With and Without Anterior Open Bite
Brian Almond:
Non-Fouling Polymer Coatings to Prevent Oral Biofilm on Dental Materials
Isaac Fu:
Do Palatal Mini-Implants Provide Absolute Anchorage for Orthodontic Purposes when Loaded Immediately: A Comparison of Midpalatal vs. Parasagittal?
ThuyLinh Huynh:
Slow Maxialary Expansion for the Early Treatment of Posterior Crossbite
Setareh Razzaghi:
Effects of Two Types of Extraoral Traction on the Vertical Dimension of Patients with a Wide Range of Mandibular Plane Angles
Reid Winkler:
Electronic Measures of Orthodontic Headgear Wear
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Baldwin: Tooth tipping in premolar extraction cases treated with an invisalign-like appliance.
Erickson: The effects of orthodontic treatment and treatment efficiency using the Damon bracket system versus traditional treatment methods.
Kim: A comparison of miniscrews and teeth for orthodontic anchorage.
Madan: Effect of Human Relaxin (2) on orthodontic tooth movement
Sionit: Soft tissue changes associated with rapid maxillary expansion alone or with concomitant maxillary protraction.
Sionit: Soft Tissue Changes Associated with Rapid Maxillary Expansion Alone or with Concomitant Maxillary Protraction.
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Cruikshank: A cephalometric analysis of two treatment
modalities for class two malocclusion: Headgear vs maxillary premolar
extraction.
George: The association between orthodontic treatment
and temporomandibular disorders in adolescents.
Pham: An assessment of limited and comprehensive orthodontic
insurance claims in Washington State.
Rothe: The determination of bone quality using fractal
dimension and cortical thickness and its effect on dental relapse after
orthodontic treatment.
Schmidt: Periodontal and pulpal responses associated
with exposure, eruption, and orthodontic alignment of palatally impacted
canines.
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Mirabelli: The effectiveness of phase I orthodontic
treatment in a Medicaid population.
Nett: Long-term post treatment changes evaluated with
the ABO objective grading system.
Orsini: Cross cultural differences in profile preferences.
Theis: Validation study of the handicapping labiolingual
Dynamic Histomorphometric analysis of regenerate
osteogenesis following mandibular distraction in the rat.
Williams: Dynamic Histomorphometric Analysis of Regenerate Osteogenesis Following Mandibular Distraction in the Rat.
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Chen: The development and validation of an orthodontic
expert system for treatment need assessment.
Clements: Clear sequential removable orthodontic appliances:
Effects of material stiffness and activation schedule on occlusal characteristics.
Connors: Radiographic analysis of the regenerate in
mandibular distraction osteogenesis.
Hatch: Mutant growth factor receptors and the molecular
etiology of craniosynostosis.
Ormiston: Stability of orthodontic treatment: A logistic
regression analysis.
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Damon: Trabecular bone architecture in the human temporomandibular
joint.
Hall: Orthodontic treatment for Medicaid eligible
children: A survey of Washington State orthodontists.
Horwitz: Long term stability using the bilateral sagital
split osteotomy for the treatment of open bite malocclusion.
Salome: Accuracy of visual treatment objectives: Comparing
mandibular posture prediction with computer generated prediction in
mandibular advancement surgery.
Surbeck: Role of long-term mandibular fixed retention
in preventing relapse.
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Ashmore: A three-dimensional analysis of molar movement
during headgear treatment.
Castillo: In vitro flouride release after the application
of two commercially available fluoride varnishes: Duraphat and Duraflor.
Greenlee: Quantification of cephalometric skeletal
differences in the fetal alcohol syndrome.
Liss: Alveolar bone structure as a risk factor for
apical root resorption.
Lyons: Headgear monitoring for orthodontics: validation
and implementation of a new monitoring system.
Noxon: Osteoclast clearance from periodontal tissues
during orthodontic tooth movement.
Younger: Stability of mandibular arch length deficiency
cases treated nonextraction.
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Huang: Association between postretention alignment
of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth.
Justus: Is there a hypervascular period in pulpal
and gingival tissues following Le Fort osteotomy?
Kashner: Post retention mandibular arch stability
in ABO certification first premolar extraction cases.
Kokich: Perception of dental esthetics on smiling:
An evaluation of tooth shape and position, gingival contour, and soft
tissue relationship.
Kurth: Open gingival embrasures between maxillary
central incisors in adult orthodontic patients.
Leavitt: A longitudinal study investigating orthodontic
pain through electrical tooth stimulation.
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Fudalej: Residual growth of the craniofacial complex
after the second decade of life.
Grey: A cephalometric evaluation of mandibular dental
changes in untreated adults.
Hicks: Long-term stability of the soft tissue results
following maxillary advancement.
Lee: Risk factors for orthodontic root resorption:
Anomalies in dentition and eruption pattern.
Loftus: Measurements of friction in various orthodontic
bracket-archwire combinations.
Murphy: 3 year postoperative results of surgical mandibular
advancement in an adolescent population.
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Almond: A retrospective analysis of occlusal tooth
wear and cephalometric variables in children and adults over a minimum
of ten years.
Drangsholt: A comparison of treatment alternatives
in patients with congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors.
Lo: The effect of presurgical leveling on dental stability
following open bite correction.
McCulloch: The effect of functional appliances on
skeletal growth and metabolism-An animal study.
Sawhney: Generation of variants of ecotropic murine
leukemia virus and assay for human-tropism.
Shashua: Orthodontic correction of maxillary median
diastema-A follow-up evaluation of consecutive patients.
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Freeman: Strain patterns in the pig zygomatic arch
following fixation of the zygomatico-squamosal suture.
Hall: A comparison of sonically derived and traditional
cephalometrics.
Magnuson: An assessment of craniofacial development
in Macaca nemestrina exposed to ethanol in utero.
Marks: Functional load on the condyle in different
positions: An experimental study in the minipig.
Pitts: Mandibular midline osteotomy: Stability, TMJ
function, and periodontal status.
Wilson: Comparison on soft tissue profile changes
in serial extraction and late premolar extraction.
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Law: Comparison of four different methods to evaluate
bone density from dental radiographs.
Norwick: Long-term stability of Angle Class II, Division
1 malocclusion with unsuccessful versus successful occlusal results
at the end of active treatment.
Chong, Yea-Hwe: Treatment and post-treatment changes
following use of protraction headgear for early correction of Class
III malocclusion.
Published: Chong, Y-H., Ive, J.C. and Årtun,
J. Changes following the use of protraction headgear for early correction
of Class III malocclusion. Angle Orthod 66:351-362, 1996.
Nelson: Crestal alveolar bone loss of maxillary anterior
teeth in adult orthodontic patients: prevalence, severity and risk factors.
Hesse: Changes in condylar position and occlusion
associated with maxillary expansion for correction of functional unilateral
posterior crossbite.
Knight: A longitudinal analysis of tooth wear from
the mixed to adult dentitions.
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Barwick, Peter: Effect of intrusive force on human
pulpal blood flow.
Published: Barwick, P.J. and Ramsay, D.S. Effect of
brief intrusive force on human pulpal blood flow. Am J Orthod Dentofac
Orthop 110:273-279, 1996.
Ferrari, Claire: The effects of a bite opening appliance
on the facial growth of the miniature pig.
Published: Ferrari, C. and Herring, S. Use of a bite-opening
appliance in the miniature pig: modification of craniofacial growth.
Acta Anat 154:205-215, 1995.
Sullivan, Terrance: A postretention study of patients
presenting with a maxillary median diastema.
Published: Sullivan, T.C., Turpin, D.L., Årtun,
J. A post-retention study of patients presenting with a maxillary median
diastema. Angle Orthod 66:131-138, 1996.
Vermette, Michael: Evaluation of techniques for uncovering
labially impacted teeth.
Published: Vermette, M.E., Kokich, V.G., Kennedy,
D.B. Uncovering labially impacted teeth: apically positioned flap and
closed-eruption techniques. Angle Orthod 65:23-24, 1995.
Zierhut, Eileen: Long-term profile changes associated
with successfully treated extraction and non-extraction Class II, Division
1 malocclusions.
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Covell: Migration of the periosteum in the mandibles
of growing guinea pigs.
Knaup: Linear and rotational changes in large mandibular
advancements using 3 or 4 fixation screws.
Larson: Movement of the epiglottis in mammals.
Ostler: Alveolar ridge changes in subjects congenitally
missing mandibular second premolars.
Mirabella: Apical root resorption of maxillary anterior
teeth in adult orthodontic patients. Part A: Prevalence and severity.
Part B: Risk factors.
Published: Mirabella, A.D. and Årtun, J. Prevalence
and severity of apical root resorption of maxillary anterior teeth in
adult orthodontic patients. Eur J Orthod 17:93-99, 1995. Mirabella,
A.D. and Årtun, J. Risk factors for apical root resorption of
maxilary anterior teeth in adult orthodontic patients. Am J Orthod Dentofac
Orthop 108:48-55, 1995.
Woloshyn: Pulpal and periodontal reactions to orthodontic
alignment of palatally impacted canines.
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