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February 2012
Volume 46, Issue 2

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

A Profile in Courage

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EdD, PhD

The annual Damon Forum covers much more than the Damon appliance system and treatment philosophy--it's billed by its sponsor, Ormco, as "the nation's largest privately sponsored orthodontic event". Of...

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2012 AAO CONVENTION

Paradise Revisited

DAVID S. VOGELS III

The Aloha State has not played host to the AAO since 2003, but its most wondrous attractions are timeless. As a preview of the annual meeting, to be held May 4-8, our yearly guide to attractions in th...

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CASE REPORT

Rotation of the Maxillomandibular Complex to Enhance Esthetics Using a "Surgery First" Approach

CARLOS VILLEGAS DDS, NANDAKUMAR JANAKIRAMAN BDS, MDS, FLAVIO URIBE DDS, MDSc, RAVINDRA NANDA BDS, MDS, PhD

Most Class III patients display a combination of maxillary deficiency and mandibular excess.1 In adult patients, treatment of a skeletal Class III malocclusion generally involves comprehensive orthodo...

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A Minimally Invasive Modality for Simultaneous Bimaxillary En Masse Retraction

CHEOL-HO PAIK DDS, PhD, YU-JIN SEO DDS, MSD, SEUNG-HAK BAEK DDS, MSD, PhD

Conventional treatment modalities for cases with some combination of lip protrusion, labioversed incisors, and crowding generally involve extraction of the upper and lower premolars, followed by ortho...

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Upper Canine Extractions in Adult Cases with Unusual Malocclusions

GIANLUIGI FIORILLO DDS, FELICE FESTA MD, DDS, CAROL GRASSI DDS

Treatment planning for adult malocclusions may sometimes dictate atypical or "strategic" extractions, especially in cases involving periodontal problems.1-7 For example, the critical decision to extra...

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Gradual Grinding of a Talon Cusp During Orthodontic Treatment

PADMAJA SHARMA BDS, ANKIT ARORA BDS, ASHIMA VALIATHAN BDS, DDS, MS, FDS RCPS , ARUN URALA BDS, MDS, SHASHI RASHMI ACHARYA BDS, MDS

Dens evaginatus is a developmental aberration of a tooth resulting in formation of an accessory cusp that has been described as an abnormal tubercle, elevation, protuberance, excrescence, extrusion, o...

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THE CUTTING EDGE

The iOC Intraoral Scanner and Invisalign: A New Paradigm

FRANCESCO GARINO MD, DO, BATTISTA GARINO MD, DDS, DO

This quarterly column is compiled by JCO Technology Editor W. Ronald Redmond, DDS, MS. To help keep our readers on The Cutting Edge, Dr. Redmond will spotlight a particular area of orthodontic technol...

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BOOK REVIEWS

Manual of Wire Bending Techniques

JEFF BERGER BDS, DO

EIICHIRO NAKAJIMA, DDS, DMS87 pages. $85. 2010.Quintessence Publishing, 4350 Chandler Drive, Hanover Park, IL 60133.(630) 736-3600; www.quintpub.com. In this spiral-bound manual, Dr. Eiichiro Nakajima...

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