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May 2009
Volume 43, Issue 5

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

The Latest on Skeletal Anchorage

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, PhD, EdD

It would be hard to think of a single innovation in clinical orthodontics that has produced as profound a paradigm shift in as short a time as the introduction of temporary anchorage devices--TADs, al...

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JCO ROUNDTABLE

Skeletal Anchorage, Part 1

VITTORIO CACCIAFESTA DDS, MSC, PhD, Moderator, AXEL BUMANN DDS, PhD, HEON JAE CHO DDS, MSD, PhD, JOHN W. GRAHAM DDS, MD, DAVID E. PAQUETTE DDS, MS, MSD, HYO-SANG PARK DDS, MSD, PhD, NICOLE SCHEFFLER DDS, MS

DR. CACCIAFESTA In what types of cases have you used miniscrews? DR. BUMANN In all cases where any type of anchorage is necessary. Since the placement of a miniscrew is so fast and easy, we place a mi...

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A New Palatal Implant with Interchangeable Upper Units

YASUHIRO ITSUKI DDS, PhD, EISAKU IMAMURA DDS

Although self-drilling miniscrews can be inserted without making an incision, resulting in a relatively low risk of infection, they have a high rate of failure. Miniplates can be used for molar distal...

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PEARLS

Soft-Tissue Protection with Lip-Bumper Tubing

ADITYA CHHIBBER BDS, MDS, SUBRAYA MOGRA BDS, MDS, GURKEERAT SINGH BDS, MDS, MOrth, ANKUR KAUL BDS, MDS

Archwire loops often cause soft-tissue irritation or ulcers, a problem accentuated in patients with thick lips. Simply bending the loops away from the labial mucosa can change the forces and moments, ...

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CASE REPORT

Skeletal Anchorage for Class II Correction in a Growing Patient

ANAMARIA MUNOZ DDS, MS, GIULIANO MAINO MD, DDS, JEFFREY LEMLER DDS, DAVID KORNBLUTH DMD

This article describes the use of miniscrews inserted in the zygomatic buttress for skeletal anchorage in a growing adolescent patient with a Class II, division 1 malocclusion. Diagnosis A 12-year-old...

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Stress on Bone from Placement and Removal of Orthodontic Miniscrews at Different Angulations

JAMES NOBLE BSC, DDS, MSC, FRCD(C), NICHOLAS E. KARAISKOS BSC, DMD, MSC, FRCD(C), THOMAS H. HASSARD BSC, PhD, FRANK J. HECHTER DMD, MSC, MED, PhD, WILLIAM A. WILTSHIRE BCHD(Hons), MDent, MCHD, DSC, FRCD(C)

The present study was conducted to measure the stress on bone from insertion and removal of TADs at two common sites using different angulations of insertion. The force required for mechanical failure...

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CASE REPORT

Treatment of a Skeletal Class III Malocclusion with Mandibular Asymmetry Using a Single Miniscrew

STEPHEN M. WEISNER DMD

Once a patient's growth is complete, a malocclusion caused by skeletal dysplasia of one or both jaws can be treated in one of two ways. The first option is to correct the skeletal deformity with a com...

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