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September 2001
Volume 35, Issue 9

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Thinking Outside the Box

LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD

Any readers who were not impressed enough to change their diagnostic and treatment-planning regimens after reading Tom Creekmore's 1997 article, "Where Teeth Should Be Positioned in the Face and Jaws ...

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Use of Bonded Power Arms for Interdental Space Closure

YOUN-SIC CHUN DDS, MSD, PHD, YONG-JE WOO DDS, JOON ROW DDS, MSD, PHD

The arch perimeter is the key consideration in cases with small lateral incisors and normal overbite and overjet. The perimeter should be maintained during space closure (Fig. 1A), and the space creat...

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Unlocking the Malocclusion with a Semifixed Bite Plate

ALAIN BALLESTER, MICHEL LANGLADE DCD, DSO, DUO

Vertical control is one of orthodontists' top priorities during treatment. In cases with deficient lower facial height and a strong muscu­lature, however, it is sometimes impossible to bond the mandib...

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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

Practice Transition: To Sell or Not To Sell?

JERRY R. CLARK DDS, MS

This month's column continues our series on transition with an article by Dr. Jerry Clark, a practicing orthodontist from Greensboro, North Carolina, and CEO of Orthodontic Management Group. Dr. Clark...

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The A Line: A New Guide for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

ALFREDO T. ALVAREZ DDS

Tweed's triangle, the first attempt at an objective diagnostic and treatment-planning guide, relied primarily on positioning the mandibular incisors upright and over basal bone.1 Most of the diagnosti...

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The Geometry of Class II Correction with Extractions

CLARENCE BRYK DDS, MS, LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD

Notwithstanding the criticism of today's nonextraction advocates, the extraction of teeth often results in more realistic treatment plans, better therapy, and superior function.1 For some patients, th...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Closing-Loop Activation Using Superelastic Wires and Bonded Brackets

ROBERT V.V. HURST DDS

Activating a closing-loop archwire using traditional stainless steel wires and bands is a simple process of cinching the wire behind the molar bands. Cureton and Storie have described an alternative m...

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CASE REPORT

Combined Fixed-Functional Treatment of a Class II, Division 2 Malocclusion

V. BARBARIN DDS, SAMI BOU SABA DDS, MYRIAM DELATTE DDS, HUGO DE CLERCK DDS

An 11-year-old male presented with a bilateral dental and skeletal Class II relationship (with the mandible about 7mm retrognathic), combined with a complete anterior deep bite (Fig. 1). The patient's...

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