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August 2003
Volume 37, Issue 8

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

The Orthodontic Staff Shortage

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD

Over the last 22 years, I have had the great good fortune to work with some of the best assistants in the world. I actually count my current staff as friends and family more than I consider them emplo...

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An Essix Intrusion Appliance

PAUL ARMBRUSTER DDS, MS, JOHN J. SHERIDAN DDS, MSD, PHUONG NGUYEN DDS, MS

Resolving excessive tooth eruption with fixed appliances can be frustrating because the coincident extrusion of the adjacent teeth will usually be more evident than the intrusion of the overerupted to...

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BOOK REVIEWS

TMJ Disorders and Orofacial Pain: The Role of Dentistry in a Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Approach

RICHARD P. MCLAUGHLIN DDS

ALEX BUMANN, DDS, PHDULRICH LOTZMANN, DDS, PHD360 pages. 1,304 illustrations. $199. 2002.Thieme New York333 Seventh Ave.New York, NY 10001(800) 782-3488; www.thieme.com Although dental problems were o...

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CASE REPORT

Treatment of an Adult Patient with Vertical Maxillary Excess Using Miniscrew Fixation

CHEOL-HO PAIK DDS, PHD, YOUNGJOO J. WOO DDS, ROBERT L. BOYD DDS, MED

Conventional methods of controlling molar eruption in patients with vertical maxillary excess, such as high-pull headgear,1,2 vertical chin cups,2,3 and removable and fixed appliances,4,5 cannot effec...

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PEARLS

Preventing Accidents with Demonstration Casts

A. KORRODI RITTO DDS, PHD

When plaster casts are used for table clinics, case presentations, or other demonstrations, there is always a possibility that they can be dropped, breaking some of the teeth, or unintentionally rearr...

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A Method for Eruption of Impacted Teeth

SEDA GÜRSOY HAYDAR DDS, PHD, SINA UÇKAN DDS, PHD, ÇAGLA SESEN DDS

Repositioning of an impacted tooth commonly involves surgical exposure and the bonding of a button or bracket to the occlusal or, if possible, the buccal surface to bring the exposed tooth into the li...

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An Extrusion Spring for Palatally Impacted Cuspids

GREGORY OPPENHUIZEN DDS, MSD

To move a palatally impacted cuspid into occlusion, I have found it best to first extrude the cuspid to a level just out of the occlusal plane, and only then move the tooth laterally into the arch. Th...

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The Inman Aligner

S. JAY BOWMAN DMD, MSD

The Inman Aligner*, a versatile removable appliance, is a unique modification of the traditional spring retainer. It uses superelastic open-coil springs to create light and constant forces on both the...

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