Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society

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Every five years, a series of studies is carried out by the U.S. CensusBureau that provides an opportunity to review the basic economic well-being of many industries at the national, state, and county level.-A comparison of dental economic data from the 2007 and 2012 stud es for the period that encompassed the 2007-2009 "Great Recession details the general economic difficulties faced by the dental profes-ion during this period. "While much of the economy has recovered since the Great Recession, the earnings of general [dental] practitioners have not, according to the ADA...

OBJECTIVES: To provide an organized resource for clinicians and patients to use to understand the treatment options and outcomes for orthodontics in terms of extracting or not extracting permanent teeth. METHODS: Literature published from January 2000 to current was searched in the electronic databases Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and PubMed. Study inclusion criteria included comparing the extraction technique versus no extraction, average age of participants was 10 years old, and if relevant, crowding between 4-10 mm...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the pneumatization pattern in the temporal bone in patients with cleft lip and palate. METHODS: A retrospective observational analysis of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans of patients with cleft lip and palate was done. The patients were referred for orthodontic treatment and had a unilateral cleft lip and palate and anterior maxillary constriction. Four reference structures were identified to evaluate the extension of pneumatization in the cleft vs non-cleft side temporal bones...

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