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May 2001
Volume 35, Issue 5

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

What's a Fee For?

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

There has long been a debate about whether an orthodontic fee should be for the appliances and the amount of time involved or for successful completion of the case, regardless of the time it takes. In...

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Unilaterally Reinforced Facebow for Asymmetrical Correction

GEORGES L.S. SKINAZI DDS, DSO, DCD

Certain Class II malocclusions are clearly asymmetrical, so that the maxillary molars need to be distalized more on one side than on the other. In this type of case, if I use a low-pull headgear, I in...

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The Clinical Efficiency of Self-Ligated Brackets

JEFF BERGER BDS, DOrtho, FRIEDRICH K. BYLOFF DDS, DOrth, MD

The SPEED* bracket system (Fig. 1) has been reported to save a significant amount of time compared to conventional ligated brackets.1-4 During the last few years, the introduction of other self-ligati...

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PEARLS

Debonding Day

ROBERT E. BREWKA DDS, MS

Any debonding in my office is the occasion for a small celebration (Fig. 1) at which the patient is given balloons, popcorn, and other "forbidden" foods, along with a Polaroid snapshot of his or her n...

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Relating the Incisors to Points A and B in Cephalometric, Model, and Clinical Analysis

RONALD MADSEN DDS, DMD, PEDRO P. ESCOBAR DDS, LUIS TORRES DDS, PAULO SANDOVAL DDS

The ability to determine the anteroposterior position of a patient's incisors from either clinical examination or model analysis could be highly useful in forming an initial diagnosis before the cepha...

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New, Esthetic Organic Polymer Maxillary Retainers

BANNA SA'DO DDS, PHD, SHUNSUKE NAKATA DDS, PHD, TADASHI MORISHITA DDS, AKIHIKO NAKASIMA DDS, PHD

We have used the esthetic QCM retainer, which is made from an organic polymer (polyethylene terephthalate), for nearly six years.1,2 About two years ago, we developed a new version* (Fig. 1). The new ...

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CASE REPORT

Orthodontic Intrusion of Periodontally Involved Teeth

K. SAM BDS, MOrtho, MOrtho RCS, A. BAKR M. RABIE BDS, MS, PHD, NIGEL M. KING BDS, MSC, PHD, FHKAM, FCDSHK, LDS RCS

The following case report describes the interface between orthodontics, periodontics, and prosthetic dentistry in the treatment of an adult patient with periodontal disease complicated by a missing ce...

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Corticotomy-Assisted Orthodontics

KYU-RHIM CHUNG DMD, PHD, MOON-YOUNG OH DMD, MSD, SU-JIN KO DMD, MSD

Corticotomy has been used in difficult adult cases as an alternative to conventional orthodontic treatment or orthognathic surgery.1 Because the primary resistance to tooth movement is encountered in ...

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