James A. McNamara Jr. is an American-trained, board certified, Orthodontist. McNamara has a long history of both experimental and clinical research in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. He has published more than 300 articles in scientific journals and authored 77 books, monographs, and book chapters He is known for his development of McNamara Analysis, one of the more popular methods of Cephalometric Analysis. And had also focused on clinical studies of the effects of Orthodontic, Orthopedic and Surgical interventions on the Growth of the Face. He maintained a large colony of rhesus...

Ricketts was born on May 5, 1920 in Kokomo, Indiana. He entered the dental school by saving every cent he could gather. He obtained his dental degree from Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1945. He then joined the U.S. Navy as a dentist for two years and eventually went to the University of Illinois to study Orthodontics. He obtained his master's degree in 1950. He was a professor at many universities in the world, including Loma Linda University, University of Illinois at Chicago. During his lifetime, he was member of 17 professional societies and gave over 100 lectures all over the...

William Robert Proffit est un éducateur, auteur et conférencier orthodontique adulé et respecté. Il a commencé sa recherche, sa pratique clinique et sa carrière d'enseignant dans les années 1960. L'accent qu'il a mis sur la science et le rôle des données probantes dans la prise de décision a introduit l'orthodontie fondée sur les données probantes. Son manuel, Contemporary Orthodontics, est la norme utilisée dans les écoles dentaires du monde entier et a été publié en 12 langues. Il est coauteur de Contemporary Treatment of Dentofacial Deformity (Traitement contemporain des...

William Robert Proffit, ein geschätzter und geachteter kieferorthopädischer Ausbilder, Autor und Redner. Er begann seine Forschungs-, klinische Praxis- und Lehrtätigkeit in den 1960er Jahren. Seine Betonung der Wissenschaft und der Rolle der Evidenz bei der Entscheidungsfindung führte die evidenzbasierte Kieferorthopädie ein. Sein Lehrbuch Contemporary Orthodontics, das in 12 Sprachen veröffentlicht wurde, gilt als Standardwerk für zahnmedizinische Fakultäten in aller Welt. Er war Mitautor von Contemporary Treatment of Dentofacial Deformity zusammen mit Dr. Raymond P. White. Jr. und...