THE EDITOR'S CORNERViewing the Child Patient as a CustomerEUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDSPeter Drucker turned 90 the other day. You may have read his extraordinary book, The Practice of Management, which in one volume established management as a separate discipline. It did more than that... |
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Self-Ligation in the Year 2000JEFF BERGER BDS, DOrthThe first self-ligating bracket, the Russell attachment, was developed by a New York orthodontic pioneer, Dr. Jacob Stolzenberg, in the early 1930s.1 This bracket had a flat-head screw seated snugly i... |
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LETTERSModified Krol MethodIAIN G. EDWARDSI was interested in Dr. Seong-Hun Kim's Technique Clinic, "Prevention of Gagging with a Modified Krol's Method" (JCO, October 1999), in which the patient is asked to lift their leg during an impressio... |
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A Simple Means of Ensuring Class II Elastic WearCHRISTOPHER K. KESLING DDS, MSAppliances such as the Eureka Spring*, Saif springs**, the Jasper Jumper***,1 the Pendulum†,2 and the Herbst‡3,4 were developed to correct Class I and Class II malocclusions without relying on patie... |
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Maxillary Molar Intrusion with the Molar Intrusion ArchYOUN-SIC CHUN DDS, MSD, PHD, YONG-JE WOO DDS, JOON ROW DDS, MSD, PHD, EUN-JAE JUNG DDSWe have developed a new appliance for maxillary molar intrusion, the Molar Intrusion Arch (MIA), as shown in this article. Appliance Construction and Placement The most critical factor in the intrusi... |
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A Xenon Arc Light-Curing Unit for Bonding and BleachingVITTORIO CACCIAFESTA DDS, MSC, MARIA FRANCESCA SFONDRINI MD, DDS, GIUSEPPE SFONDRINI MD, DDSThe disadvantage of the first ultraviolet curing lights was that one minute of curing was required per millimeter of thickness.1,2 The benzoin methyl ether component of the early light-cured composi... |
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TECHNIQUE CLINICEsthetic and Hygienic LigationKAZUHIKO TAMARI, BANNA SA'DOThis method places a continuous ligature wire beneath the main archwire in the bracket slots, so that the ligature wire is virtually invisible (Fig. 1). We use .009" or narrower ligature wires with .... |
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CASE REPORTUprighting of a Deeply Impacted Mandibular Second Bicuspid During Root DevelopmentMASAYO NODA DDS, TAKAO NODA DDS, PHDVarious methods have been proposed for the extrusion of impacted teeth,1-3 the most common being orthodontic traction after surgical exposure. Few reports, however, have demonstrated treatment of i... |
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PEARLSTwo Rapid Methods of Reactivating Open-Coil SpringsROBERT E. BINDER DMDOccasionally an open-coil spring is not long enough to open the entire space needed for alignment of a displaced tooth, such as a lingually locked premolar or a canine in buccoversion. In such a case,... |
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PEARLSPreventing Accidental Removal of Lingual ArchesROBERT R. LOKAR DDS, MSMaking it difficult for the patient to accidentally dislodge a removable lingual arch usually results in an appliance that is difficult to remove for adjustments as well. To circumvent this problem, I... |
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Peter Drucker turned 90 the other day. You may have read his extraordinary book, The Practice of Management, which in one volume established management as a separate discipline. It did more than that...
The first self-ligating bracket, the Russell attachment, was developed by a New York orthodontic pioneer, Dr. Jacob Stolzenberg, in the early 1930s.1 This bracket had a flat-head screw seated snugly i...
I was interested in Dr. Seong-Hun Kim's Technique Clinic, "Prevention of Gagging with a Modified Krol's Method" (JCO, October 1999), in which the patient is asked to lift their leg during an impressio...
Appliances such as the Eureka Spring*, Saif springs**, the Jasper Jumper***,1 the Pendulum†,2 and the Herbst‡3,4 were developed to correct Class I and Class II malocclusions without relying on patie...
We have developed a new appliance for maxillary molar intrusion, the Molar Intrusion Arch (MIA), as shown in this article. Appliance Construction and Placement The most critical factor in the intrusi...
The disadvantage of the first ultraviolet curing lights was that one minute of curing was required per millimeter of thickness.1,2 The benzoin methyl ether component of the early light-cured composi...
This method places a continuous ligature wire beneath the main archwire in the bracket slots, so that the ligature wire is virtually invisible (Fig. 1). We use .009" or narrower ligature wires with ....
Various methods have been proposed for the extrusion of impacted teeth,1-3 the most common being orthodontic traction after surgical exposure. Few reports, however, have demonstrated treatment of i...
Occasionally an open-coil spring is not long enough to open the entire space needed for alignment of a displaced tooth, such as a lingually locked premolar or a canine in buccoversion. In such a case,...
Making it difficult for the patient to accidentally dislodge a removable lingual arch usually results in an appliance that is difficult to remove for adjustments as well. To circumvent this problem, I...
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