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September 2005
Volume 39, Issue 9

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

More on Limited Treatment

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD

Last month, the Editor's Corner touched on the touchy subject of limited treatment, with particular emphasis on those cases in which the patient's wishes may not be in agreement with the doctor's best...

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CASE REPORT

Non-Surgical Treatment of an Adult Skeletal Class III Patient with Insufficient Incisor Display

CHEOL-HO PAIK DDS, PHD, YOUNGJOO JUDIE WOO DDS, ROBERT BOYD DDS, MED

Improving an insufficient incisor display is essential inbuilding an attractive smile. It becomes particularly critical in Class III patients who lack upper lip support because of a deficient maxilla....

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A Mini-Maxillary Protractor for Class III Correction

ZAHIR ALTUG DDS, PHD, AYSEGUL DALKIRAN ARSLAN DDS

Class III malocclusions may involve a variety of skeletal and dental components, including a large or protrusive mandible, a deficient or retrusive maxilla, a protrusive mandibular dentition, and a re...

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BOOK REVIEWS

Clinical Success in Early Orthodontic Treatment

ANTONIO PATTI, MD, DUOGUY PERRIER D'ARC, DDS, PHD, DUOEnglish translation by Jay K. Weiss, DMD124 pages, 250 illustrations. $75. 2005.Quintessence Publishing Co., Inc.551 Kimberly DriveCarol Stream, I...

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LETTERS

PETER KESLING DDS, SCD

  Questions About Miniscrews Regarding your Editor's Corner, "Answering the Questions About Miniscrews", in the January 2005 issue of JCO: Your initial reluctance to endorse such procedures was, I bel...

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THE READERS' CORNER

Limited Treatment and Appointment Intervals

JOHN J. SHERIDAN DDS, MSD

How often do you offer limited treatment? The substantial majority of respondents reported that they occasionally offered limited treatment to their patients. Fourteen percent frequently offered this ...

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OVERVIEW

Mini-Implants: Where Are We?

BIRTE MELSEN DDS, DO

Although skeletal anchorage is here to stay in orthodontics, there are still many unanswered questions.1 This article will describe the development of skeletal anchorage and provide an overview of the...

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The Greenfield Lingual Distalizer

RAPHAEL L. GREENFIELD DDS, MSD

The Greenfield Molar Distalizer (GMD), introduced in March 1995,1 is a fixed appliance with buccal and lingual pistons on each side (Fig. 1). Placing the pistons at the gingival level reduces the dist...

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CLINICAL AID

Fixed Space Maintainer for Use with a Rapid Palatal Expander

ALESSANDRA LUCCHESE DDS, MS, M. FRANCESCA SFONDRINI MD, DDS, SERENA GANGALE DDS, MAURIZIO MANUELLI MD, DDS, MS

Removable space maintainers, usually made of acrylic plates with metallic clasps, are used in cases where multiple deciduous teeth have exfoliated in the same arch, or when there are no anchorage unit...

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