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April 2000
Volume 34, Issue 4

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

A Website for the New Century

DAVID S. VOGELS III

Along with the hoopla attending the recent turn of the calendar from 1999 to 2000 came a debate over whether the 21st century would actually begin on Jan. 1, 2000, or Jan. 1, 2001. Although spoilsport...

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The Invisalign System in Adult Orthodontics: Mild Crowding and Space Closure Cases

ROBERT L. BOYD DDS, MED, ROSS J. MILLER DDS, MS, VICKI VLASKALIC BDS, MSD

The frequency of malocclusions in adults is equal to or greater than that observed in children and adolescents.1 Crowding and spacing are among the most common problems in adults, with crowding affect...

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A TRIBUTE Dr. Brainerd F. Swain (1911-1999)

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

Barney Swain was the orthodontist's ortho­dontist. He devoted his life to us and our pro­fession. For four years, following his completion of the graduate orthodontic course at Columbia in 1936, he ta...

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THE READERS' CORNER

Deep and Open Bites and Maturation Treatment Planning

JOHN J. SHERIDAN DDS, MSD

What technique do you use for opening deep bites? Clinicians used a surprising variety of methods to open deep bites. In fact, most used a combination of techniques rather than any single procedure. T...

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JCO INTERVIEWS

Dr. Rohit C.L. Sachdeva on A Total Orthodontic Care Solution Enabled by Breakthrough Technology

LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD, ROHIT C.L. SACHDEVA BDS, MDS

DR. WHITE You have recently devoted all of your efforts to the development of what seems to be a revolutionary computer-based method of diagnosis and treatment. Could you tell us something about this ...

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Bonding with a Plasma-Arc Curing Light and Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer

ELLIOTT SILVERMAN BA, DDS, MORTON COHEN DDS

We have used Fuji Ortho LC*, a resin-modi­fied glass ionomer bonding adhesive,1-8 exclusively for bonding new cases since 1993.9 A new generation of high-intensity curing lights now makes it possible ...

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Adjusting Essix Appliances at Chairside

KEITH HILLIARD DDS, JOHN J. SHERIDAN DDS, MSD

The Essix* appliance, first described in this journal in 1993,1 is a removable plastic device that is practically invisible (Fig. 1), inex­pensive, and quickly fabricated. It has minimal bulk and supe...

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CASE REPORT

Sequential Headgear Therapy with a Conventional Facebow and a Modified Asher Facebow

HIROSHI MIMURA DDS, PHD

High-pull headgear is often used in the treatment of dolichofacial Class II patients because of a force system that can be described as follows: The center of resistance of the first molar is located ...

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The Modified Pendulum Appliance with Removable Arms

GIUSEPPE SCUZZO MD, DDS, KYOTO TAKEMOTO DDS, FLAVIO PISANI DDS, MOS, STEFANO DELLA VECCHIA

Among the methods described in the recent lit­erature for nonextraction treatment of a Class II malocclusion by molar distalization,1-3 the Hilgers Pendulum Appliance*4-9 seems to best satisfy the mos...

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