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November 1970
Volume 4, Issue 11

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

I want to try something that I haven't seen done before. I will go to my files and extract some information about some aspect of treatment and establish some kind of a standard that you can compare yo...

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ROUND TABLE

Extraoral Force

T.M. GRABER, ROBERT MOYERS, DONALD G. WOODSIDE, HENRY KAPLAN Moderator

DR. KAPLAN: Would you at times anticipate the late horizontal growth and not quite complete the Class II correction in the anterior part of the mouth? In other words not have a tight incisor contact? ...

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A Modified Orthodontic Plier for Heavy Round Wire

LEN OOSTHUIZEN BDS, DIP ORTH (RAND)

642-jco-img-0.jpgManipulation of heavy steel wires, particularly those of the dimensions popular for extraoral appliances, can cause irreparable damage to the delicate, high-precision, and rather cost...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Shimming Bands

Have you ever had a band that just wouldn't sit down securely? Have you noticed that bands that once were cemented and have loosened do not fit snugly anymore? In both these cases, the problem can usu...

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A Bite-Opening and Space-Closing Archwire

LEONARD BERNSTEIN DMD

The purpose of this archwire is to provide an upward and backward force in an arc-shaped motion to the maxillary central and lateral incisors with a retraction force at the same time. By keeping a dis...

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JCO Q&A

Handling the Divorce Situation Q How do you handle the situation in which the parents of a patient under active treatment are divorced and each parent expects the other to pay the orthodontist? This h...

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Short Ties for Edgewise Brackets

FRANK O. CLIFFORD DDS

I have used short ties (Fig. 1) for at least 20 years. I first demonstrated them, using the Mathieu plier, about 1950. I had thought virtually everybody using edgewise brackets had begun to use the sh...

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