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Diagnosis with Computer-Aided Drafting
Volume 20 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1986
Orthodontists have recognized the potential of computer graphics in the research and diagnosis of dentofacial disorders.1 Recent advances in microcomputer technology have led to innovations that are m...
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Volume 21 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1987
Topics include oral hygiene and insurance.1. What are your typical oral hygiene instructions for patients with fixed appliances ? All offices reported that their patients were given oral hygiene instr...
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Barrier Controls in the Orthodontic Office
Volume 22 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1988
Orthodontists are becoming increasingly aware of the threat of communicable diseases that can be transmitted between patients and staff. The most serious diseases include: 1. Hepatitis A, commonly kno...
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Banding with a Glass Ionomer Cement
Volume 22 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1988
Although zinc phosphate cement has good working characteristics, its high solubility is disadvantageous for orthodontic banding. Microleakage, incomplete adhesion to hard tooth substances, and deminer...
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Volume 22 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1988
This month's topics are dietary recommendations and medicolegal issues.1. What dietary recommendations do you offer to young patients? to adolescent patients? to adult patients? The respondents were f...
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Differential Anchorage and the Edgewise Appliance
Volume 23 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1989
The problem of anchorage preservation remains universal regardless of the orthodontic technique used. Simple anchorage is provided by teeth that are free to tip in response to force application; stati...
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Effects of Activator Treatment on Class II, Division 1 Malocclusion
Volume 23 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1989
This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of activator treatment on a group of Class II, division 1 patients with skeletal mandibular retrusion. Materials and Methods Nine boy and six girl pat...
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Automated Cephalographic Soft-Tissue Analysis
Volume 24 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1990
A multitude of landmarks and cephalometric analyses have been proposed since Welcker first suggested the potential diagnostic value of skull radiographs in 1896.1-19 Soft-tissue analysis, beginning in...
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New Electrodes for Welding Orthodontic Wires
Volume 25 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1991
Beta titanium wires, introduced in the early 1980s, are known for their weldability, formability, and high springback.1,2 They also permit auxiliaries such as finger springs and loops to be welded to ...
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Quality in Orthodontic Practice
Volume 25 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1991
Quality has become the buzzword of the '90s. Interest in it was stimulated in the United States with the establishment by Congress of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1987. Its purpose i...
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Technique Modifications to Optimize Ceramic Bracket Performance
Volume 25 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1991
Ceramic brackets have the potential to meet the practitioner's demand for excellent performance, as well as the patient's demand for superior esthetics. Of course, like any new material, ceramics may ...
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Torque in the Base vs. Torque in the Face
Volume 25 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1991
Bracket design is the cornerstone of clinical efficiency. However, the multitude of current bracket configurations attests to the elusiveness of the ideal bracket. Torque in the base is said by Andrew...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
The Satellite Practice: Counting the Cost
Volume 25 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1991
This quarterly series of articles is being written by successful orthodontists who have particular expertise in certain areas of management and marketing (see JCO, August 1991, p. 471). The following ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Class II Therapy and Compliance
Volume 26 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1992
Class II Therapy and Compliance It seems to me, as I go about my daily professional tasks, that the most difficult and persistent problem I have to deal with is the distalization of upper molars. I su...
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Shear Bond Strengths and Effects on Enamel of Two Ceramic Brackets
Volume 27 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1993
Because ceramic brackets will not bond chemically with adhesives, manufacturers must use mechanical undercuts, a coating of silica and a silane coupling agent, or both to bond these brackets to enamel...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 27 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1993
Concepts to Live ByAs we grow older, we become less and less sure of many things. So when we come to the end of a professional career, as I have, and still feel strongly about certain concepts, there ...
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Simultaneous Torquing and Intrusion Auxiliary
Volume 27 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1993
Several different orthodontic approaches have evolved for intrusion of the maxillary incisors.1-4 Whatever method is used, the control and stabilization of posterior anchorage is imperative, since inc...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 27 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1993
A Farewell to SymmetryThis past winter a huge storm of a scope greater than the blizzard of 1888 lashed the entire East Coast of the United States with cyclonic winds and buried it under mountains of ...
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'Animated' Orthodontic Treatment Planning
Volume 27 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1993
Vast amounts of time and energy have been devoted to developing analyses that will help orthodontists decide how best to improve patients' facial appearance and balance. Most of this effort has been d...
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Volume 27 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1993
The topics include oral hygiene and OSHA compliance.1. What do you do if a new patient presents with poor oral hygiene? Virtually all the orthodontists responded that they would not start treatment. T...
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