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A Four-Step Method to Distinguish Orthodontic Changes from Natural Growth
Volume 9 : Number 4 : Page 208 : Apr 1975
During the past two decades, the author has conducted courses in the subject of orthodontics and has spearheaded the effort to use the principle of growth estimation as a vital part of planning.1 Ceph...
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Orthodontic Economic Index--1981
Volume 15 : Number 7 : Page 466 : Jul 1981
The orthodontic economic index presented here was derived from an analysis of over 200 orthodontic practices established for five years or longer. No new practices were included, and high and low extr...
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Volume 16 : Number 8 : Page 545 : Aug 1982
With the increasing number of orthodontists, satellite offices are proliferating. This article deals with the physical organization and management of two types of satellites: 1. A satellite located in...
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Volume 20 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1986
Topic include arch expansion and divorced parents.1. What appliance do you use for rapid palatal expansion? What is your usual treatment regimen (adjustment amount and frequency, duration, retention, ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 22 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1988
And the Big Winner Is . . . A recent article in the ADA journal began with the following thought: "It has been argued that a reversal of economic incentives to dentists under the traditional fee-for-s...
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Multi-Phase Treatment Consultation Outline
Volume 23 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1989
The Multi-Phase Treatment Consultation Outline (MPTCO) has been developed over more than 12 years of practice. I have used the current form (Fig. 1) since 1984. Laymen's terms are used as much as poss...
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Orthodontic Management of Ankylosed Teeth
Volume 24 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1990
Ankylosis, a localized fusion of alveolar bone and cementum, is the result of a defective or discontinuous periodontal membrane and is apparently caused by mechanical, thermal, or metabolic trauma to ...
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ORTHODONTIC OFFICE DESIGN
Remodeling: Exterior Additions
Volume 26 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1992
When remodeling involves changing the exterior of a building or adding to an existing structure, the cost can be substantial. Such an investment is usually made to benefit the owner or co-owner of a b...
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Indirect Bonding with Adhesive Precoated Brackets
Volume 27 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1993
Adhesive precoated (APC) brackets have a number of clinical advantages, including consistency and accuracy of positioning, ease of placement, and reduction of chairtime.1 They can be bonded indirectly...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Taking Stock of Management Service
Volume 31 : Number 7 : Page 407 : Jul 1997
A number of management service organizations are forming, and one is already active. If enough of these companies achieve the affiliations necessary to start operations and the capitalization necessar...
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Bonded Acrylic Lingual Biteplanes
Volume 32 : Number 5 : Page 311 : May 1998
Since the early 1980s, when Kurz and the Ormco Lingual Task Force described the use of lingual brackets with built-in biteplanes to open the bite,1 I have been using this same principle in a labial ed...
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The First Class Appliance for Rapid Molar Distalization
Volume 33 : Number 6 : Page 322 : Jun 1999
When the choice is made to treat a Class II case on a nonextraction basis, or with the extraction of maxillary second molars, then distalization of the maxillary first molars is often the first step ...
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Maxillary Molar Distalization with a Modified Pendulum Appliance
Volume 33 : Number 11 : Page 645 : Nov 1999
Correction of a Class II malocclusion without extractions requires maxillary molar distalization by means of intraoral or extraoral forces.1,2 Although headgears have proven useful in the correction ...
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Passive Mandibular Expansion: Individualizing Archform
Volume 34 : Number 8 : Page 461 : Aug 2000
The human dental archform, which has been studied and analyzed for decades,1-10 may be the most important factor in determining the stability of orthodontic treatment. Therefore, any diagnosis should...
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Differentiated Orthodontic Mechanics for Dental Midline Correction
Volume 35 : Number 4 : Page 239 : Apr 2001
Correction of midline discrepancies in orthodontic treatment is critical to the establishment of both satisfactory esthetics and a functional transverse and sagittal occlusion.1-5 One study found t...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 36 : Number 9 : Page 485 : Sep 2002
This month marks JCO's 35th anniversary. At the beginning, in 1967, orthodontic practice was described as a cottage industry. Fixed appliances consisted of bands and stainless steel archwires. The spe...
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A Simple Method of Molar Uprighting with Micro-Implant Anchorage
Volume 10 : Number 10 : Page 592 : Oct 2002
Numerous approaches have been proposed for uprighting mesially tipped mandibular second molars after loss of the adjacent first molars.1-7 Most of these have had problems with molar extrusion and mov...
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The Spider Screw for Skeletal Anchorage
Volume 37 : Number 2 : Page 90 : Feb 2003
Orthodontic movements such as anterior retraction and intrusion of overerupted teeth are difficult to achieve without undesirable reciprocal movements of the anchorage units.1-3 Titanium miniscrews no...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Some Thoughts on Patient Compliance
Volume 37 : Number 3 : Page 117 : Mar 2003
One of the earliest mentions of orthodontic tooth movement in the scientific literature was by Hippocrates himself.1 Somewhere around 400 B.C., he noted that teeth could be moved to more desirable pos...
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A New Vacuum-Formed Phase I Retainer
Volume 37 : Number 7 : Page 384 : Jul 2003
Retention after Phase I orthodontic treatment has traditionally involved either a maxillary Hawley-type acrylic plate, with a labial bow across the permanent incisors, or a single-thickness vacuum-for...
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