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March 1993
Volume 27, Issue 3

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Concepts to Live By

FRED F. SCHUDY DDS

As we grow older, we become less and less sure of many things. So when we come to the end of a professional career, as I have, and still feel strongly about certain concepts, there is a good possibili...

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Nickel Titanium Palatal Expander

WENDELL V. ARNDT DDS, MS

Transverse expansion of the maxilla has been used by orthodontists for more than 100 years to correct maxillary anomalies. Today, many clinicians rely on some form of rapid or slow palatal expansion a...

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Safety Catch for a Kloehn Facebow

R.H.A. SAMUELS BDS, MDS, FIMLS, FDS RCPS, MOrth, S.M. EVANS RDT, S.W. WIGGLESWORTH BDS, FDS RCS, DOrth

The hazards of headgear facebows have been well documented.1-8 A 1982 AAO survey reported more than 216 headgear injuries over a 15-year period, the majority of them involving intraoral soft-tissue da...

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RISK MANAGEMENT

DONALD E. MACHEN DMD, JD

I would like Dr. Machen's opinion on how to handle a patient who is considerably behind in paying the fee as the case progresses. I realize that prevention is the best solution, but every patient is a...

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Single Lower Incisor Extractions

ALBERT H. OWEN III DDS, MSD

One of the most critical decisions in treatment planning is whether to extract teeth. The orthodontic pendulum has swung from a predominantly nonextraction philosophy in the early 1900s, toward a more...

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Reducing Failures of Gold Chain Attachment to Impacted Teeth

GEKKIOW GOH BDS, MDSC, SHEUNG K. KAAN BDS, MSC, DDO, MDO RCPS

Palatally erupting maxillary canines and ectopic incisors often require orthodontic guidance or traction to assist their eruption into functional occlusion. A correct diagnosis of the impacted tooth's...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Correction of Individual Tooth Rotations with Elastomeric Ligatures

AVADIS ABRAHAMIAN DDS, MS

Elastomeric ligatures can be used to correct individual tooth rotations in conjunction with fixed appliances. I have found them just as effective and less costly than rotational wedges. To rotate a to...

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Indirect Bonding with Adhesive Precoated Brackets

RONALD B. COOPER DDS, NILE A. SORENSON JR. DDS

Adhesive precoated (APC) brackets* have a number of clinical advantages, including consistency and accuracy of positioning, ease of placement, and reduction of chairtime.1 They can be bonded indirectl...

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