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February 2006
Volume 40, Issue 2

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Revenge of the Lawyers

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD

I may have been the last person on Earth to see Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith. Every two years or so, when my wife forces me, I go to a movie. I simply lack the attention span require...

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Overlay Mechanics with the Tip-Edge PLUS Bracket, Part 1

JOHN K. KAKU DDS, MSD

The traditional procedure for treating Class I crowded cases requires the application of force to create space before a flexible archwire can be inserted for alignment. Simultaneous use of an overlay ...

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JCO ROUNDTABLE Stability of Orthodontic Treatment, Part 2

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, Moderator, MAURO COZZANI DMD, MSD, JULIA F. DE HARFIN DDS, PHD, ROBERT D. HELMHOLDT DDS, LEE R. LOGAN DDS, MS, DAVID W. WARREN DDS

Continued from the January 2006 issue. DR. GOTTLIEB How are path of closure, occlusal plane angle, mandibular plane angle, and interincisal angle related to stability? DR. LOGAN Posterior displacement...

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2005 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 4: Additional Breakdowns

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD, EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS III

Over the past three months (November 2005, December 2005, January 2006), this series of articles on the 2005 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study has described trends in orthodontic economics and practice a...

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CASE REPORT

Mandibular Molar Intrusion with Miniscrew Anchorage

SEONG-MIN BAE DDS, MS, PHD, HEE-MOON KYUNG DDS, MS, PHD

Adult patients commonly present with one or more molars that have extruded into edentulous areas of the opposing arches. Adequate prosthodontic restorations may be difficult to place without first int...

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PEARLS

Elastomeric Thread Separators

BEVERLY COOK RDH, BHS

Elastomeric separators can be difficult to place when a posterior tooth is partially erupted, submerged, or trapped under the adjacent tooth. In addition, many adult patients present with extremely wo...

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An Uprighting Appliance for Impacted Mandibular Second and Third Molars

YAO-QIANG MIAO DDS, HUI ZHONG DDS

For patients who have missing first molars or whose first molars need to be extracted, the ideal orthodontic treatment is to move the other molars mesially into the first molar spaces. Unfortunately, ...

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