Volume 10, Issue 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Features 16 Epigenetic Orthodontics: Developmental Mechanisms of Functional (Formational) Orthodontic Appliances By G. Dave Singh, DDSc, PhD, BDS 34 WITS Analysis: Reduces Process to Two Easy Steps By Edward Burgess Jones, DDS, FAGD, FADI, FPFA, DAAPM, DABFE, FRSH, BCFE 12 38 Three R’s of Orthodontic Maintenance: Retention, Relapse and Referral By Constance Schuster, RDH, BS 16 Departments 8 Ortho Industry News 12 Case Report: Better Facial Symmetry-Treating Crossbites With A Shift By Ron Austin, DDS 34 28 Orthobites: A Harmonius Arch By David W. Jackson, DDS, FAGD, IBO 42 AGpO Membership News 44 AOS Membership News 38 On the cover: Dr. Ron Austin has been in private practice for the past 28 years in Tishomingo, OK. In 2007, he earned the Charles D. Yates Distinguished Service Award, the Academy’s highest honor. This peer-reviewed journal is published as the official publication of the American Orthodontic Society and the Academy of Gp Orthodontics. www.orthodontics.com November/December 2010 5
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