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May 2000
Volume 34, Issue 5

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

The Habitual Vision of Greatness

LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD

One of my friends had the good fortune of studying with Alfred North Whitehead after the great philosopher and mathematician came from England to Harvard for a short period. One of the most enduring l...

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Fiber-Reinforced Composites in Orthodontics

CHARLES J. BURSTONE DDS, MS, ANDREW J. KUHLBERG DMD, MDS

We are entering a new era of orthodontics in which fiber-reinforced composites can change the concept, mechanics, and application of fixed appliances through the use of a pre­impregnated material or "...

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The Nance Holding Arch with Bite Rim

JOHN J. BACCELLI DDS, MSD

Maxillary bite plates, used in patients with severe deep bites to allow placement of mandibular brackets earlier in treatment, are removable, and their effectiveness depends on patient cooperation. Th...

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PEARLS

Easy and Accurate Welding of Attachments to Bands

PHILIP J. CORBIN DDS, MS

We have all experienced the problem of trying to weld an orthodontic attachment in a precise location on a band, only to have it move or fall off before the welding is finished. There is an easy way t...

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Bond Strengths of a Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer with Five Orthodontic Brackets

COREY C. CONRAD, ROBERT N. STALEY DDS, MA, MS, JANE JAKOBSEN MA

Metal orthodontic brackets are designed with a variety of bonding pads and retention mechanisms. Previous studies have tested the bond strengths of different pad designs with composite resin adhesives...

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A Visual Cephalometric Analysis

ALDO CARANO DO, MS, ERMINIO ROTUNNO DO, GIUSEPPE SICILIANI MD, DDS

Proportionate templates have been shown to be useful in orthodontic diagnosis for com­paring cephalometric tracings to established norms. In 1952, Baum devised a set of four tem­plates to be overlaid ...

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Recordings of Chewing and Border Movements in Typical Malocclusions

YUKIO ARAKAWA DDS, PHD, HIDEHARU YAMAGUCHI DDS, PHD

Recordings of jaw movements are often used to assess the influence of functional distur­bances on individual malocclusions. Divergent paths of opening and closing might indicate reci­procal clicking d...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Chairside Repair of a Fan-Shaped Rapid Palatal Expander

CHRISTODOULOS P. LASPOS DDS, MDS

Fan-shaped rapid palatal ex­panders are often placed in cases where the arch is more constricted in the anterior seg­ments, and therefore more ex­pansion is needed anteriorly than posteriorly. They ar...

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