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August 1999
Volume 33, Issue 8

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

The Perils of Indifference

LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD

I recently ran into a friend unexpectedly in a foreign airport. He was in that country on a business-vacation trip with his family. While he was there, his father-in-law died, and the family had to hu...

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Slow Maxillary Expansion with Nickel Titanium

ROBERT MARZBAN DDS, RAVINDRA NANDA BDS, MDS, PHD

Correction of a transverse discrepancy usually requires expansion of the palate by a combi­nation of orthopedic and orthodontic tooth movements. Initially, transverse forces will tip the buccal segmen...

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Hygiene and the Orthodontic Patient

GLENN BURKLAND DMD

Hygienically challenged patients are the bane of an orthodontist's professional existence. It is difficult to be proud of even perfectly aligned teeth when they are marred by decalcification1,2 and pe...

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JCO ROUNDTABLE

Ethics in Orthodontic Practice, Part 6

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, Moderator, JOSEPH J. BRENNER DDS, MS, DAVID H. KORNBLUTH DMD, THOMAS LOVINGGOOD DDS, MS, JEAN SEIBOLD McGILL DDS, MS

Editor's Note: The participants in this discussion are JCO subscribers who were chosen at random. Other topics were discussed in the March through June 1999 issues. DR. GOTTLIEB A general dentist in y...

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CASE REPORT

Lupus Erythematosus in an Orthodontic Patient

NICK ROMANIDES DMD, RICHARD D. MARULLI DMD

Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a connectivetissue disorder that affects more than 1.5 million people in the United States.1-5 Ninety percent of these are young-to-middle-age women. The clinical course of...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

A Modified Visible-Light-Cured Dimethacrylate Resin for Direct Bonding

SURENDRA PATEL BDS, LDS, DGDP, MSC, VITTORIO CACCIAFESTA DDS, CARLES BOSCH MD, DDS, MS, PHD

Triad VLC*, a visible-lightcured resin, can be used as an alternative to composite resins for direct bonding of orthodontic brackets. Similar to light-cured composite restorative materials, Triad is c...

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PEARLS

An Inexpensive Microetcher Hood

CHARLES R. REED DDS, MS, MPH

When a Microetcher* is used to prepare the bonding pad of a debonded bracket prior to its replacement in the mouth, the aluminum oxide powder is mes­sy and difficult to control. Sever­al vacuum chambe...

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PEARLS

Storing Temperature-Sensitive Wires

RICHARD E. JONES II DDS, MS

Temperature-sensitive wires need to be chilled before placement. To avoid having to use a refrigerant spray, we keep a supply of wires in the lab refrigerator. When a patient needs an archwire change ...

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The Lingual Bracket Jig

SILVIA GERON DMD, MSC

Many patients, especially adults, would pre­fer lingual brackets over labial appliances for esthetic reasons. Nevertheless, orthodontists have been hesitant to use lingual orthodontics because of fact...

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