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October 2001
Volume 35, Issue 10

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

2001 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

Starting in this issue, JCO will report, in a series of three articles, the most important and interesting results of the 2001 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study. The com­plete tables will be available in...

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An Indirect Method for Bonding Lingual Retainers

BÜLENT HAYDAR DDS, MS, SEDA HAYDAR DDS, MS

Direct bonding of a lingual retainer is chal­lenging because it requires a long working time on the lingual; there is a risk of contamina­tion from saliva and moisture, which can cause bond failure; a...

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Correcting a Single-Tooth Anterior Crossbite with Lingual Segmented Mechanics

VITTORIO CACCIAFESTA DDS, MSC, MARIA FRANCESCA SFONDRINI MD, DDS

Clinical management of a single-tooth anterior crossbite is often challenging for the ortho­dontist, particularly when using lingual appli­ances. If the tooth is in deep overbite, a biteplane can prev...

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THE READERS' CORNER

Diagnostic Records and Initial Phone Calls

JOHN J. SHERIDAN DDS, MSD

Please check the types of diagnostic records you use. (Respondents were asked to indicate which pretreatment, progress, and post-treatment records were used routinely and which were used occasionally....

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LETTERS

The Modified Bluegrass Appliance

NICHOLAS L. MOORE BTech (Hons.), MI Inf Sc

As a British librarian currently undertaking a review of the literature of fixed intraoral habit appliances used for the treatment of childhood digit habits, I was disconcerted to read Chris Baker's a...

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2001 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 1: Trends

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS III

This three-part series will report the key results of the latest JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, which has been conducted every two years since 1981. The first article examines trends in ortho­dontic ...

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An Organic Polymer Orthodontic Appliance

TADASHI MORISHITA DDS, BANNA SA'DO DDS, PHD, SHUNSUKE NAKATA DDS, PHD, AKIHIKO NAKASIMA DDS, PHD

To meet the increasing demand for esthetic orthodontic appliances, manufacturers have produced many types of plastic and ceramic brackets.1 However, except for Optiflex*, which is no longer available,...

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CLINICAL AID

An Easy-to-Tie Elastomeric Module

LEE R. LOGAN DDS, MS

Elastomeric modules have been a common part of orth­odontic practice for more than 30 years, since their introduction by Drs. Klein and Anderson in 1967*. The modules have re­mained basically unchange...

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CASE REPORT

Micro-Implant Anchorage for Lingual Treatment of a Skeletal Class II Malocclusion

JANG SEOP LEE DDS, MSD, PHD, HYO-SANG PARK DDS, MSD, HEE-MOON KYUNG DDS, MSD, PHD

The recent introduction of im­plants1 and microscrews2,3 into orthodontics has provided clinicians with reliable means of solving anchorage problems. In particular, microscrews have been shown to prod...

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