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April 2014
Volume 48, Issue 4

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Accelerating Tooth Movement

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EdD, PhD

This year's annual session of the AAO was noteworthy for a number of reasons. First of all, it was great to see the recovery that New Orleans has made since I last visited--in 2006, several months aft...

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The Tandem Archwire Concept with Self-Ligating Brackets (corrected August 2014)

ANOOP SONDHI DDS, MS, ANMOL S. KALHA BSC, BDS, MDS

The frictional resistance generated by the elastomeric ties between conventional brackets and archwires can have a significant effect on tooth movement.1-4 Because self-ligation eliminates the elastom...

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Effects of Light Curing of Conventional and Self-Etching Primers on Shear Bond Strength

MUBASSHIR AHMED SHAIKH MDS, NANDINI V. KAMAT MDS, PAUL CHALAKKAL MDS

Orthodontic adhesive systems use three different agents: an enamel conditioner or etchant, a primer solution, and an adhesive resin. Because conventional light-cured bonding resins are hydrophobic, su...

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Distalization with the Miniscrew-Supported EZ Slider Auxiliary

ENIS GURAY DDS, PhD, FARUK IZZET UCAR DDS, PhD, NISA GUL DDS

Intraoral molar-distalization appliances that require little or no patient compliance--including the Pendulum, Distal Jet, and sliding jigs1-3-- have been developed as alternatives to headgear. To avo...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

A Simple and Versatile Mini-Implant Guide

SHILPA KALRA BDS, MDS, TULIKA TRIPATHI BDS, MDS, PRIYANK RAI BDS, MDS, ANUP KANASE BDS, MDS

This mini-implant positioning and placement guide, for patients whose brackets have already been bonded, is adjustable in all three dimensions. Fabrication 1. Solder a Gurin lock to the center of a se...

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CASE REPORT

Nonsurgical Treatment of Unilateral Scissor Bite in a Growing Patient

HUANG LI DDS, MDS, PhD, QIAN WANG DDS, MDS, TUOJIANG WU DDS, MDS, PhD

A scissor bite is the result of excessive maxillary arch width, deficient mandibular arch width, or a combination of both. Although unilateral scissor bite occurs in only about 1.5% of the population,...

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A Box Loop for Intrusion of an Overerupted Molar

ARUNACHALAM SIVAKUMAR BDS, MDS, MOrth RCS, INDUMATHI SIVAKUMAR BDS, MDS

Any longstanding posterior edentulous area promotes overeruption of the opposing teeth. The resulting space discrepancy may require orthodontic intrusion of the antagonists by methods including molar-...

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