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    PARIJAT CHAKRABORTY
    This document contains a letter to the editor regarding a published article on maxillary molar mesialization using palatal mini-implants. The letter raises two queries about discrepancies between the article and figures. Specifically, it notes that pre-treatment photos show missing maxillary first molars but accompanying radiographs show the right first molar present. It also questions whether one or both second molars were mesialized as stated in the text versus shown in superimposed scans. The authors of the original article provide a response addressing these queries to clarify details about tooth extraction timing and obscured views in the superimposed scans.

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    This document contains a letter to the editor regarding a published article on maxillary molar mesialization using palatal mini-implants. The letter raises two queries about discrepancies between the article and figures. Specifically, it notes that pre-treatment photos show missing maxillary first molars but accompanying radiographs show the right first molar present. It also questions whether one or both second molars were mesialized as stated in the text versus shown in superimposed scans. The authors of the original article provide a response addressing these queries to clarify details about tooth extraction timing and obscured views in the superimposed scans.

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    This document contains a letter to the editor regarding a published article on maxillary molar mesialization using palatal mini-implants. The letter raises two queries about discrepancies between the article and figures. Specifically, it notes that pre-treatment photos show missing maxillary first molars but accompanying radiographs show the right first molar present. It also questions whether one or both second molars were mesialized as stated in the text versus shown in superimposed scans. The authors of the original article provide a response addressing these queries to clarify details about tooth extraction timing and obscured views in the superimposed scans.

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    This document contains a letter to the editor regarding a published article on maxillary molar mesialization using palatal mini-implants. The letter raises two queries about discrepancies between the article and figures. Specifically, it notes that pre-treatment photos show missing maxillary first molars but accompanying radiographs show the right first molar present. It also questions whether one or both second molars were mesialized as stated in the text versus shown in superimposed scans. The authors of the original article provide a response addressing these queries to clarify details about tooth extraction timing and obscured views in the superimposed scans.

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    READERS' FORUM

    Letters to the editor*


    Maxillary molar mesialization with The reader is correct that the maxillary right molar was
    still in situ when the panoramic radiograph and the
    palatal mini-implants initial impressions were recorded (Figs 1 and 8). How-
    ever, as mentioned in the manuscript, the panoramic
    W e sincerely compliment the journal on the pub-
    lication of the Clinician's Corner article in the
    May issue (Wilmes B, Vasudavan S, and Drescher D.
    radiograph confirmed the diagnosis of periapical
    periodontitis of the maxillary right first molar. Conse-
    quently, consensus was established across the refer-
    Maxillary molar mesialization with the use of
    ring dentist, parents, and the patient to proceed with
    palatal mini-implants for direct anchorage in an
    extraction of the tooth. To optimize the timing, the
    adolescent patient. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Or-
    extraction procedure was deferred until immediately
    thop 2019;155:725-32). It was a pleasure reading
    before the commencement of treatment to facilitate
    the article, which reported a novel technique for
    expedient space closure (owing to the underlying
    second molar mesialization with compromised first
    expected regional acceleratory phenomenon). We
    permanent molars. We would like to put forward a draw the reader's attention to Figures 3 and 4 illus-
    few queries regarding the article. trating that both the maxillary first molars are absent,
    First, the pretreatment intraoral photographs (Fig 1)
    and spaces are evident.
    show that both maxillary first permanent molars are
    Figure 8 of the manuscript illustrates superimposition
    missing, but in the radiograph, the maxillary right first
    of the pretreatment and posttreatment scans. The maxil-
    permanent molar is present. The pretreatment 3-
    lary second molars have been mesialized or protracted
    dimensional scans of the maxilla (Fig 8) show that the
    into the anterior position of the previously removed first
    first permanent molar of the right side is present, but
    molars. The maxillary right second molar (after treat-
    the author had stated that both first molars were lost. ment) is obscured by the maxillary right first molar
    It would be of great help if we could know about this (before treatment), likely because of the relatively dimin-
    mismatch.
    ished dimension of the second molar.
    Second, the superimposition of the 3-dimensional
    scan (Fig 8) shows that only the left second permanent Benedict Wilmes
    molar has been mesialized, whereas the author had pre- Sivabalan Vasudavan
    viously stated that both the right and left second perma- Dieter Drescher
    nent molars were mesialized simultaneously. Duesseldorf, Germany and Perth, Australia
    It would be of great help if you could enlighten us
    Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2020;157:4
    regarding these queries. 0889-5406/$36.00
    Pratik Chandra Ó 2019 by the American Association of Orthodontists. All rights reserved.
    Richa Dhingra http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajodo.2019.10.005
    Parijat Chakraborty
    Ragni Tandon
    Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
    Erratum
    Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2020;157:4
    0889-5406/$36.00 Correction to: Wang Q, Ma J, Wang B, Zhang X, Yin Y,
    Ó 2019 by the American Association of Orthodontists. All rights reserved. and Bai H. Alterations of the oral microbiome in patients
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajodo.2019.10.004 treated with the Invisalign system or with fixed appli-
    ances. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2019;156:
    Authors' response 633-40.
    The second author's name was misspelled in the

    W e sincerely appreciate the queries made by the


    AJO-DO reader, which we would like to address
    as follows:
    author information section of this article. The sen-
    tence should read: Qian Wang and Jin-bao Ma are
    joint first authors and contributed equally to this
    work.

    * The viewpoints expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not reflect
    those of the editor(s), publisher(s), or Association.

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