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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
ROBERT G. KEIM, DDS, EDD, PHD
Editor's Note: To respond to this commentary,post a message in the JCO OnlineForum under the heading "Feedback".The Fascination of the Class IIThe Class II malocclusion, in all its permutations,seems ...
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KYU-RHIM CHUNG, DMD, MS, PHD, SEONG-HUN KIM, DMD, MS, YOON-AH KOOK, DMD, MS, PHD
Various skeletal implant systems have been proposed to reinforce orthodontic anchorage without the need for extraoral appliances.1-7 Orthodontic miniscrews or microscrews are efficient, inexpensive, a...
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JOHN K. MCGILL, MBA, JD, CPA
As early as the 1970s, many dentists beganincorporating their practices. There were severalgood reasons to take this step, but the primaryimpetus was to establish a tax-deferred retirementplan. To thi...
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R.H.A. SAMUELS, BDS(Hons), MDS, FIMLS, FDS RCPS, DOrth, MOrth
The closed eruption technique requires tractionto be applied to an attachment on the crownof the impacted tooth.1-3 Because amalgams,pins, and lassoes tend to damage the enamel,clinicians now prefer t...
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CASE REPORT
WOLFGANG M. KATER, MD, DDS, DMD, DARAFSCH KAWA, DOMINIK SCHÄFER, DDS, DMD, DOUGLAS TOLL, DDS, MS
Recent advances in orthognathicsurgery have made itpossible to treat even extremecases of malocclusion with acombined surgical-orthodonticapproach.1-3 In particular, verticaldistraction, introduced by...
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ROBERT G. KEIM, DDS, EDD, PHD, CHERYL BERKMAN, DDS, MS
About a third of all orthodontic patients aretreated for Class II malocclusions.1,2 Thesepatients represent a heterogeneous population,with many different etiologies accounting forsimilar intraoral an...
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GARRI TSIBEL, DDS, MLADEN M. KUFTINEC, DMD, SCD
Transpalatal arches have been widely used inclinical orthodontics for correction of molarrotations, anchorage reinforcement, molar expansionand distalization, and vertical molar control.1-6 Most ortho...
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