Volume 14, Issue 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 24 36 16 FEATURES Skeletal Development 30 DEPARTMENTS 8 Ortho Industry News 10 Orthobites 42 AGpO Membership News 44 AOS Membership News On the cover: Michael J. Newman, DDS, graduated from The Baylor College of Dentistry in 1976. Dr. Newman has been a member of the clinical faculty of the University of Texas-San Antonio Dental School and the Baylor College of Dentistry. In addition he was the Director of Technical Service for Straumann USA for four years, Dr. Newman practiced general dentistry in Dallas, Texas for 14 years then in Seymour, Texas for the past 10 years. In 2003, he took Dr. Bob Gerety’s course and began offering orthodontics to his patients as a general practitioner. In October 2008, he received the AOS Diplomate Award in New Orleans, Louisiana. He currently serves as AOS President. 16 Palatal Expansion in Adults: Non-Surgical 24 Diagnosis & Treatment of Mesially Rotated Upper 1st Molars 30 Promising New Anti-Microbial Sealant: Efficacy of an Organo-Selenium-Containing Dental Sealant in Preventing White-Spot Lesions as Measured with Laser Flourescence 36 Use of Xylitol in Orthodontic Patients: A Review This peer-reviewed journal is published as the official publication of the American Orthodontic Society and the Academy of Gp Orthodontics. www.orthodontics.com Winter 2014 5