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February 2001
Volume 35, Issue 2

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Retirement

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

I have heard retirement described as one of the seven wonders of the world: I wonder what I am going to do on Monday, I wonder what I am going to do on Tuesday, and so on. Another viewpoint is summed ...

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Treatment of Tooth Impaction and Transposition with a Segmented-Arch Technique

ALBERTO LAINO MD, DDS, VITTORIO CACCIAFESTA DDS, MSC, ROBERTO MARTINA MD, DDS

Clinical management of impacted teeth com­bined with transpositions can be a challeng­ing problem for the orthodontist.1-16 The seg­mented-arch technique allows the application of well-defined biomech...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Correction of Anterior Crossbite in the Mixed Dentition

NORMAN R. GORBACK DDS

Anterior crossbite can be easily corrected in the mixed dentition using direct-bonded buttons and cross-elastics (Fig. 1). The correction is quick, sometimes occurring in less than a week, and general...

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What Hiring Questions Should You Ask?

JOHN K. McGILL MBA, JD, CPA

Did you ever reach the point in a job interview when you needed to extract crucial information, but didn't know how to ask the right ques­tion? Worse yet, did you ask it in such a way that could lead ...

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Subdivision Malocclusions: Cracking the Riddle

DAVID W. WARREN DDS

Almost every Class II malocclusion contains, to some degree, a discrepancy between centric occlusion and centric relation. A radio­graphic analysis should always be performed to determine whether addi...

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Uprighting Molars with Twisted Superelastic Nickel Titanium Wires

YON LAI DDS, MAY P. CHU DDS, T.V. VIJAYARAGHAVAN PHD

Buccally or lingually tipped molars are tradi­tionally uprighted by torquing them in small increments of 10-25° on rectangular stainless steel archwires. Heat-treated Elgiloy* (CoCr) wires have better...

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The Crown Bracket Bonding System

WOLFGANG HEISER, MD, CLAUS SCHENDELL, Dipl Ing

Crown tip and the vertical position of the teeth in relation to the lips are important elements of the esthetic results achieved by orthodontic treatment.1,2 Crown angulation, in turn, depends on prop...

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PEARLS

A Simple Method of Aligning Maxillary Second Molars Toward the End of Treatment

MICHAEL J. KIRSHON BDS, MSC, MDent

Maxillary second molars fre­quently have not erupted at the time of initial appliance placement. When these teeth do eventually erupt, it is not un­common for them to be buccally displaced relative to...

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