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To test subsequent hypotheses that the Damon system will not produce a significant difference in maxillary and mandibular incisor position\/angulation when compared with control groups treated with conventional fixed orthodontic appliances for similar malocclusion.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n          <jats:p>Subjects treated with the Damon system (N \u200a=\u200a 27) were compared with subjects treated with a conventionally ligated edgewise bracket system (N \u200a=\u200a 16). Subjects' pretreatment and posttreatment lateral cephalometric radiographs and dental models were scanned, measured, and compared to see whether significant differences exist between time points and between the two groups.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n          <jats:p>Results did not support the claimed lip bumper effect of the Damon system and showed similar patterns of crowding alleviation, including transverse expansion and incisor advancement, in both groups, regardless of the bracket system used.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n          <jats:p>Maxillary and mandibular intercanine, interpremolar, and intermolar widths increased significantly after treatment with the Damon system. The mandibular incisors were significantly advanced and proclined after treatment with the Damon system, contradicting the lip bumper theory of Damon. Posttreatment incisor inclinations did not differ significantly between the Damon group and the control group. Patients treated with the Damon system completed treatment on average 2\u00a0months faster than patients treated with a conventionally ligated standard edgewise bracket system.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2319\/071910-420.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,3,29]],"date-time":"2011-03-29T18:41:13Z","timestamp":1301424073000},"page":"647-652","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Evaluation of incisor position and dental transverse dimensional changes using the Damon system"],"prefix":"10.2319","volume":"81","author":[{"given":"Rohini","family":"Vajaria","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Private practice, New York, NY"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ellen","family":"BeGole","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Budi","family":"Kusnoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Associate Professor and Clinic Director, Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Therese","family":"Galang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ales","family":"Obrez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1164","reference":[{"key":"i0003-3219-81-4-647-b01","series-title":"Clin Orth Res","first-page":"52","article-title":"The rationale, evolution and clinical application of the self-ligating bracket.","volume":"1","author":"Damon, D. 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