THE EDITOR'S CORNERConcepts to Live ByFRED F. SCHUDY, DDSConcepts to Live ByAs 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 ... |
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Nickel Titanium Palatal ExpanderWENDELL V. ARNDT, DDS, MSTransverse 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 FacebowR.H.A. SAMUELS, BDS, MDS, FIMLS, FDS RCPS, MOrth, S.M. EVANS, RDT, S.W. WIGGLESWORTH, BDS, FDS RCS, DOrthThe 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 MANAGEMENTDONALD E. MACHEN, DMD, JD, MARVIN ROSENTHAL, DDSI 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 ExtractionsALBERT H. OWEN III, DDS, MSDOne 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 TeethGEKKIOW GOH, BDS, MDSC, SHEUNG K. KAAN, BDS, MSC, DDO, MDO RCPSPalatally 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 CLINICCorrection of Individual Tooth Rotations with Elastomeric LigaturesAVADIS ABRAHAMIAN , DDS, MSElastomeric 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 BracketsRONALD B. COOPER, DDS,, NILE A. SORENSON, JR., DDSAdhesive 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 indirectly... |
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Concepts to Live ByAs 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 indirectly...
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