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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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Modified Herbst Appliance for the Mixed Dentition
Volume 19 : Number 11 : Page 811 : Nov 1985
The skeletal and dental ages of children do not always coincide. Often middle phalanx development may indicate optimal treatment timing, but the patient's bicuspids are not erupted enough to receive e...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Removable "Fixed" Appliance for an Actress
Volume 22 : Number 2 : Page 115 : Feb 1988
In the play Happy Times, the character Sally O'Hare wears orthodontic appliances in the first act, but not in the second. The University of Nebraska Department of Theatre asked us to design a removabl...
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Correction of Single-Tooth Crossbite
Volume 29 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1995
Correction of posterior or anterior single-tooth crossbite, although it involves a limited portion of the dental arch, can be difficult. The tooth in crossbite must be intruded and moved either lingua...
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Stepwise Overjet Reduction with a Modified Twin-Block Appliance
Volume 33 : Number 11 : Page 620 : Nov 1999
The twin-block appliance, described by Clark in 1982, is currently the most popular functional appliance in the United Kingdom. Recent evidence suggests that it may also be considered the most success...
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PEARLS
A Debonding Memento for Patients
Volume 34 : Number 8 : Page 469 : Aug 2000
Debonding day is a special day for any patient. Many orthodontists present their patients with mementos such as before-and-after photographs or models, but the appliances themselves are generally di...
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Retaining Treatment Results with the Advanceable Twin-Block Appliance
Volume 39 : Number 1 : Page 35 : Jan 2005
The twin-block appliance has been modified to allow bite advancement by means of a screw system incorporated into the maxillary appliance blocks.1 This can be advantageous in patients with severe over...
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DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE
Volume 59 : Number 11 : Page 739 : Nov 2025
Courtesy of University of Florida, Gainesville In this monthly column, Contributing Editors Gayle Glenn, DDS, MSD, and Shawn L. Miller, DMD, MMSc, present a case to challenge your diagnosis and tre...
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Lingual Spring for Minor Movement of Maxillary Central Incisors
Volume 23 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1989
Minor tooth movement in the maxillary anterior region is sometimes required for esthetic reasons--for instance, a diastema between the central incisors, or rotation of the centrals caused by supernume...
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CASE REPORT
Correction of Open Bite with Elastics and Rectangular NiTi Wires
Volume 25 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1991
Various types of elastics-- Class II, Class m, box, triangular, zig-zag, criss-cross, diagonal, and others--provide the clinician with the ability to correct both anteroposterior and vertical discrepa...
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Clinical Evaluation of Tooth-Size Discrepancy
Volume 32 : Number 9 : Page 544 : Sep 1998
This article shows a simple method of performing a preliminary tooth-size discrepancy analysis during the clinical examination. Anterior Analysis Have the patient move the mandible into an edge-to-edg...
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Digital Hand-Wrist Radiographs for Evaluating Skeletal Maturation
Volume 41 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 2007
The use of hand-wrist radiographs for evaluating skeletal maturation was first described by Fishman in 1982.1 This information can be helpful in planning orthodontic and dentofacial orthopedic treatme...
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Treatment of Severe Anterior Crowding with the Invisalign G6 First-Premolar Extraction Solution
Volume 53 : Number 8 : Page 459 : Aug 2019
This new system was designed by Align Technology to ensure root parallelism during canine retraction and to maintain vertical control by maximizing posterior anchorage during space closure. A sample case involving four first-premolar extractions is presented by Drs. Zhu, Li, and Lai.
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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 13 : Number 9 : Page 606 : Sep 1979
Delivered before the members of the Foundation for Orthodontic Research (FOR), Scottsdale, Arizona, April 26, 1979. The literature abounds with occlusal concepts that prescribe the ideal for man. The ...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Elliott Silverman, Dr. Morton Cohen, and Dr. A.J. Gwinnett on Bonding
Volume 13 : Number 4 : Page 236 : Apr 1979
JCO Can you estimate how much bonding is being done? DR. GWINNETT In a recent survey of orthodontists, Gorelick (JCO, January 1979) found that only about 7% were not bonding at all. 93% were bonding i...
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Begg Series, Part III: The Begg Technique
Volume 2 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Nov 1968
The Begg Technique is based on the principle of differential forces whereby light forces applied on anterior teeth will move them rapidly without disturbing anchor teeth. Conversely, heavier forces wi...
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Improving the Final Occlusion through Selective Premolar Extractions
Volume 28 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1994
The prevailing concept in orthodontics seems to be that a premolar is a premolar. Unless there are gross deformities, caries, or rotations, the main consideration is location--first or second. Once a ...
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Volume 29 : Number 7 : Page 401 : Jul 1996
Managed care is a combination of big-business management and health care, created primarily by insurance companies. In the past, insurance offered protection against catastrophic accidents, fires, and...
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