TY - JOUR AU - Guo, Yongwen AB - pISSN 2234-7518 eISSN 2005-372X Hong RK, Lim SM, Heo JM, Baek SH Q2. Intrusive tooth movement has a high risk of root resorption. It is encouraging that there was Orthodontic treatment of gummy smile by no marked root resorption in the present case maxillary total intrusion with a midpalatal after intrusion. Nevertheless, the results need to absolute anchorage system. be interpreted with caution. Root resorption is a - Korean J Orthod 2013;43:147-158 three­ dimensional phenomenon, while panoramic radiographs are two­ dimensional images and, hence, underestimate root resorption. Compared with pa­ Firstly, I would like to sincerely congratulate the noramic radiography, cone­ beam computed tomo­ authors and thank them for sharing an inspiring graphy (CBCT) could more precisely help to monitor solution for a critical clinical situation. However, I patients at risk of developing severe root resorption have two major concerns. during orthodontic intrusion. Q1. In the lingual system, the force to the center of Questioned by resistance of a tooth is different from that in the labial Yongwen Guo State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodon - system. In the present case, the upper incisors tipped tics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, lingually after intrusion, TI - Reader's Forum JF - Korean Journal of Orthodontics DO - 10.4041/kjod.2014.44.1.3 DA - 2014-01-17 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/reader-s-forum-8AtlV2AG3J SP - 3 EP - 4 VL - 44 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -