Craig Andreiko, DDS, MS Assistant Professor, Orthodontics School of Dentistry

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Patents Earned

• US Patent #7,331,782-Orthodontic suspension bracket and method of use ( 0/2008 )

• US Patent #7,229,282-Providing custom orthodontic treatment with appliance components from inventory ( 0/2007 ) Co-invented with Daniel E. Even

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• Arch Depth and Width Alternations as Dynmanic Determinants of Overbite and Overjet ( 6/2004 - 6/2006 )

• Debanding Four Popular Brands of Ceramic Brackets with the Biolase Laser ( 6/2004 - 6/2006 )

• A Comparative Study of Conventional Ligating and Self-ligating brackets system in Orthodontics ( 1/2003 - 6/2006 )

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• Orthodontic mini-implant failure:  assessing the relationship to bone quality using QCBCT.  PI: J. Caruso ( 4/2008 - 9/2008 )

• A Volumetric Analysis of Root Resorption Detection using Digital Volumetric Tomography ( 9/2005 - 9/2007 )

• Influence of Common Orthodontic Appliances on Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( 9/2005 - 9/2006 )

• Measuring the Magnification Present in Analog and Digital Lateral Cephalometric Films ( 6/2004 - 6/2006 )

• A comparison of work of fracture of three orthodontic adhesives utilizing titanium and stainless steel brackets.  PI: L. Leggitt ( 5/2008 - Present )

• Evaluation of cortical bone thickness and density of the maxilla and mandible; comparison of facial types. PI: J. Caruso ( 5/2008 - Present )