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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS
Is It a Shot in the Dark? On March 24, 1989, the ABC television program 20/20 aired a segment on TMJ disorders. It presented a picture of suffering patients who may spend thousands of dollars with num...
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KURT P. SCHELLHAS, MD
The relationship between occlusion and the TMJ has been the subject of considerable controversy.1-9 Many cases of unstable occlusion have been poorly understood and difficult to correct because of TMJ...
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JAN REURINK, DDS
The Kloehn cervical headgear has served orthodontists for nearly half a century.1-5 Modifications such as straight, high, and vertical pull have added new directions of force, but the facebow itself h...
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ANN MARIE GORCZYCA, DMD, MPH, JAMES E. JONES, DMD, MSC, MSD, CHESTER W. DOUGLASS, DMD, PHD
The decrease in the incidence of caries1 and the birth rate,2 along with an increase in the number of dental school graduates,3 may have encouraged general and pediatric dentists to expand the scope o...
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EARL JOHNSON, DDS, RODNEY S. LEE, DDS
The recent, dramatic increase in the number of wires available to orthodontists can be attributed to the development of new alloys, such as nickel titanium and titanium molybdenum, and to advances in ...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
W.P. VILJOEN , BChD, BChD (Hons)
Several methods have been described to immobilize a lingual mandibular retainer for direct bonding, including elastics1 and dental floss.2 This article illustrates a technique that is quick, efficient...
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