Volume 21, Issue 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 FEATURES 8 12 16 18 12 Random Thoughts of 50 Years of Clinical Pediatric Orthodontics The Unique Benefit: Early Treatment of Malocclusion Esthetics: Nothin’ Funny About Funny-Looking Breathing, Oxygenation & Early Development: The Health of Your Growing Patients & Affects of Mask-Wearing Clinical Case Report on Pediatric Class III Patient: Early Orthodontic Care Can Prevent Orofacial Deformities Reviewing the Aerosol Risk in Orthodontic & Pediatric Dental Care During Pandemic 16 42 22 DEPARTMENTS 6 Ortho Industry News AGpO Membership News 44 AOS Membership News On the cover: Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius who was interested in everything that could possibly be known about the universe, including how we fit in. He showed that creativity came from connecting art to science. Five hundred years after his death, we look at Da Vinci’s achievements and see a large collection of notes and sketches focused on what to us seems like many different fields of study. But Da Vinci dissected, analyzed and experimented with a clear goal in mind: to make better art. To Leonardo, painting was a science, and the creative act of painting is useful to visualize the world. He asked us all to stop and take notice and see that “everything connects to everything else.” Follow us on these social channels: 22 30 This peer-reviewed journal is published as the official publication of the American Orthodontic Society and the Academy of Gp Orthodontics. www.orthodontics.com Spring 2021 3
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