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Assessment of Mesiodistal Axial Inclination through Panoramic Radiography
Volume 24 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1990
A major objective of orthodontic treatment is the normalization of tooth positions in three planes of space, with the goal of approaching predefined cephalometric or occlusal standards.1-7 One of the ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 26 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1992
Futile Subtraction A few months ago, a good friend told me about a colleague's decision to control his personnel costs by dismissing his entire staff and replacing them with less experienced and less ...
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Volume 26 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1992
The skeletal Class III malocclusion is characterized by mandibular prognathism, maxillary deficiency, or both.1,2 Such a patient has a retrusive nasomaxillary area and a prominent lower third of the f...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
The Dilemma of Practice Transition
Volume 27 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1993
The following article, by Dr. Ron Cooper and his financial advisor, Jon Shuler, effectively highlights what all of us have been told over and over again from the beginning of our practice lives: If yo...
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Early Class III Treatment with Magnetic Appliances
Volume 27 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1993
Various methods, including the Delaire face mask, the chin cup, the Class III activator, and Class III mechanics with fixed appliances, are used to correct skeletal Class III malocclusions,1-6 which a...
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Volume 28 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1994
1. Do you treat patients in your practice who require TMJ treatment only? If so, what percentage of your active cases are they? Exactly half of the respondents reported treating patients for temporoma...
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Volume 28 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1994
1. How do you define mild, moderate, and severe anchorage problems? Most of the clinicians based their definition on a combination of factors, including crowding, overjet, molar relationship, and inci...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Can We Manage Without Managed Health Care?
Volume 28 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1994
Can We Manage Without Managed Health Care? Proponents of national universal health-care schemes point out that the United States is the only nation in the Western world that does not have such a progr...
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Recognition and Empowerment: An Effective Approach to Enlisting Patient Cooperation
Volume 29 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1995
Few health-care disciplines demand as much patient cooperation as is required for successful orthodontics. Retention of appliances on the teeth depends to a large extent on the patient's agreement to ...
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Repositioning Ankylosed Maxillary Canines by Segmental Osteotomy
Volume 29 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1995
Surgical exposure followed by orthodontic traction is the usual method for bringing an impacted tooth into occlusion. Other techniques include repositioning and alignment1 and auto-transplantation.2,3...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 31 : Number 11 : Page 723 : Nov 1997
Orthodontics is a complex field. The challenge to the orthodontist is to consider all the variables present in each case and to design a treatment plan that sets reasonable priorities without jeopardi...
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OVERVIEW
Differences in Skeletal Class II Diagnosis Using Various Cephalometric Analyses
Volume 42 : Number 7 : Page 389 : Jul 2008
Cephalometric analysis plays an important role in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment; over the past half-century, increasingly comprehensive and accurate cephalometric systems have been developed. Ov...
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Vertical Control in Nonextraction Treatment of Growing Patients with Anterior Skeletal Open Bite
Volume 42 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 2008
In this article, we describe how open-bite malocclusions and lower anterior skeletal excess can be treated with a combination of fixed (transpalatal bar1) and removable (high-pull headgear) appliances...
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Reprogramming the Memory of Superelastic Nickel Titanium Archwires
Volume 43 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 2009
Superelastic nickel titanium archwires can be used effectively in many orthodontic patients.1-6 The major disadvantage of these wires is their inability to be adjusted during the course of treatment. ...
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The Advantages of Differential Moments
Volume 43 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 2009
A full appliance with a center bend betweenthe first molars and second premolars results in a force system consisting of equal and opposite moments at the brackets of those teeth (Fig. 1A). Because th...
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A Palatal Locking Plate Anchor for Orthodontic Tooth Movement
Volume 43 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 2009
A recently developed titanium locking plate for orthognathic surgery, designed to prevent screw movement and loosening,1 can also be effective in orthodontic treatment (Fig. 1). The palatal locking pl...
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A Simplified Lingual Technique
Volume 44 : Number 3 : Page 183 : Mar 2010
In increasing number of patients, especially young adults, are asking for esthetic alternatives to conventional orthodontics in the treatment of problems related to malalignment of the anterior teeth....
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Early Class III Treatment with a Hybrid Hyrax-Mentoplate Combination
Volume 45 : Number 1 : Page 15 : Jan 2011
Skeletal Class III malocclusions are relatively uncommon and usually associated with genetic factors. The etiology may involve a retrognathic maxilla, a prognathic mandible, or both.1,2 Young patients...
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The Skeletal Frog Appliance for Maxillary Molar Distalization
Volume 45 : Number 2 : Page 77 : Feb 2011
Appliances typically used for molar distalization in Class II cases--removable plates and various types of headgear--require a high degree of patient motivation. This disadvantage has encouraged the d...
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Locking the Screw after Rapid Palatal Expansion: A Superfluous Procedure?
Volume 45 : Number 12 : Page 657 : Dec 2011
The rapid palatal expander (RPE) is widely used to correct maxillary constriction. Clinically, there are only a few differences among the various expansion protocols, including the number and frequenc...
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