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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 3 : Page 127 : Mar 2001
Several years ago, I noticed that I was converting into patients only about 70% of the people who came to my office and had records made. Not only that, but many of the 30% who did not choose to have ...
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Attachment of Intermaxillary Elastics to Thermoformed Aligners
Volume 43 : Number 1 : Page 34 : Jan 2009
Although intermaxillary elastics are most commonly used with fixed orthodontic appliances, they can also be used with removable, thermoformed appliances such as Essix* or Invisalign**. This article de...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 43 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 2009
For the past year or so, the business segments of the evening news have been rife with stories of gloom and doom. Even as key economic indicators like the stock market seem to assure us that the reces...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 46 : Number 9 : Page 521 : Sep 2012
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a statement about a new disease that appears particularly virulent, reminiscent of the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic that...
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Microabrasion Technique for Treatment of Demineralization after Debonding
Volume 46 : Number 12 : Page 734 : Dec 2012
For orthodontic patients with fixed appliances, cleaning around bands and brackets is a complicated task that is made more difficult by the presence of archwires, auxiliaries, and elastics. Deminerali...
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Simplified Repositioning Splint Construction
Volume 30 : Number 10 : Page 578 : Oct 1996
Full-coverage acrylic splints with mutually protected occlusion are used in treatment of temporomandibular disorders and in other therapies. However, orthodontists have been concerned about the time-c...
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CAD/CAM Fabrication of Occlusal Splints for Orthognathic Surgery
Volume 33 : Number 4 : Page 231 : Apr 1999
Occlusal splints used for intermaxillary positioning after orthognathic surgery require accurate positioning, stabilization, and control of the mobilized segments.1 Conventional fabrication of an oc...
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Double Transfer Trays for Indirect Bonding
Volume 38 : Number 1 : Page 8 : Jan 2004
Indirect bonding has a number of advantages over direct bonding, including greater accuracy of bracket positioning and the ability to customize bracket prescriptions according to individual case requi...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Homer W. Phillips on Bonding, Part 2
Volume 14 : Number 7 : Page 462 : Jul 1980
DR. GOTTLIEB How often do you experience bond failure?DR. PHILLIPS Today it's pretty rare. We had a horrendous failure rate in the early years of bonding when techniques and materials weren't as good....
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Orthodontic Economic Index--1983
Volume 17 : Number 7 : Page 483 : Jul 1983
The orthodontic economic index presented here was derived from an analysis of more than 200 orthodontic practices established for five years or longer. No new practices were included, and high and low...
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Rubber Dam Isolation of the Working Field in Orthodontics
Volume 27 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1993
The need for complete isolation of the working field during acid etching and bonding is well recognized.1 Accepted devices for achieving a dry working field include cotton rolls, saliva ejectors and h...
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Supercable and the SPEED System
Volume 32 : Number 4 : Page 246 : Apr 1998
The ideal initial archwire has superior strength and flexibility, resists permanent deformation, and maximizes both patient comfort and physiologic tooth movement. The limited flexibility of the origi...
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The Effectiveness of an Elastomeric Module Dispenser in Cross-Infection Control
Volume 32 : Number 12 : Page 721 : Dec 1998
Orthodontic patients and staff members are exposed to transmission of infectious agents through direct contact (for example, with infected blood), indirect contact (from injury with contaminated instr...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Charles J. Burstone on Orthodontic Force Control
Volume 15 : Number 4 : Page 266 : Apr 1981
DR. GOTTLIEB Understanding force systems is so important in orthodontics and yet most orthodontists find it hard to deal with the basic information. "As you increase the diameter of a round wire, you ...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Homer W. Phillips on Bonding, Part 1
Volume 14 : Number 6 : Page 391 : Jun 1980
DR. GOTTLIEB Do you think that bonding has arrived as a substitute for orthodontic banding?DR. PHILLIPS I definitely do. Many simple everyday things that we take for granted have evolved because someo...
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Volume 20 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1986
A number of instruments, including the Boone and Dougherty gauges, have been used for accurate positioning of brackets in direct bonding.1-4 Although position adjustments can be made with such an inst...
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Directional Edgewise Orthodontic Approach, Part 1
Volume 8 : Number 11 : Page 617 : Nov 1974
Edgewise orthodontics has been thought of as a complicated, highly technical, exacting technique. This is unfortunate. It really doesn't have to be that way. I feel that a lot of good people have been...
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Volume 4 : Number 12 : Page 671 : Dec 1970
There are ideas that achieve the status of "a well-known fact" through repetition. Some of these have become a routine part of the treatment procedure of many orthodontists without having been proven....
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CLINICAL AID
Modifying Disposable Plastic Impression Trays
Volume 8 : Number 1 : Page 56 : Jan 1974
It is simple to modify the size and shape of disposable plastic impression trays. This is demonstrated on the Tra-Ten Disposable Trays of the DP Company. Adjusting the Size It is often advantageous to...
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Incisal Locator for Orthognathic Surgery
Volume 15 : Number 10 : Page 672 : Oct 1981
The Le Fort I operation (maxillary impaction) is fast becoming the most used orthognathic surgical procedure, because it treats the vertical dimension, which is the cause of so many of our problems. C...
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