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Volume 19 : Number 5 : Page 342 : May 1985
The frequency with which lower retainers are used after treatment to prevent lower incisor or cuspid collapse suggests there is little understanding of how to avoid these posttreatment events. However...
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Movement of Ankylosed Permanent Teeth with a Distraction Device
Volume 38 : Number 11 : Page 612 : Nov 2004
An ankylosed permanent tooth, one of the most challenging problems in dentistry, almost always has a poor prognosis.1-5 Treatment usually requires block surgery, repetitive luxation, or extraction of ...
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CASE REPORT
Open-Coil Mousetrap for Labially Impacted Canine Recovery
Volume 58 : Number 3 : Page 169 : Mar 2024
The authors use a closed surgical “tunnel” technique with a “mousetrap” loop and additional open-coil springs to promote vertical eruption of an impacted maxillary canine. Their technique is designed to mimic spontaneous eruption and provide more natural gingival relationships.
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JPO Interviews Dr. Charles H. Tweed, Part 2
Volume 2 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1968
This is the second installment of the Tweed interview, which was conducted by Dr. Sidney Brandt, Interviews Editor of JPO. The first part appeared in the December 1967 issue. DR. BRANDT: In your book ...
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Minor Surgery in the Orthodontic Office
Volume 4 : Number 10 : Page 582 : Oct 1970
This article is an outline of two minor surgeries that can be done so quickly and conveniently, a mere six or seven minutes each, in the orthodontist's office, that the patient hardly knows it is bein...
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Volume 7 : Number 4 : Page 246 : Apr 1973
Study model casts are one of the most valuable records in an orthodontic office. Two basic problems that orthodontists have with these models are: air bubbles on the occlusal surfaces and the incisal ...
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Management of Impacted Cuspids
Volume 10 : Number 12 : Page 922 : Dec 1976
The history of the management of impacted cuspids includes an array of devices including castings, circumferential wires, swaged crowns, threaded pins, black copper cement and carboxylate cement. Dire...
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Volume 11 : Number 8 : Page 523 : Aug 1977
One of the first questions asked by orthodontists learning the techniques of bracket bonding is, "How do I get them off?" After considerable experimentation, I arrived at a technique which I have empl...
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Prefabricated Bonded Mandibular Retainer
Volume 12 : Number 11 : Page 788 : Nov 1978
Previous reports have presented techniques for direct bonded mandibular retainers whose principal drawbacks have included lengthy fabrication time, accumulation of plaque on the bonded attachment area...
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Volume 14 : Number 1 : Page 58 : Jan 1980
In the case of the Steiner Analysis it can be demonstrated with geometric principles that the sum of the following four angles always equal 180 degrees: ANB, maxillary incisor to the NA plane (upper 1...
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ORTHODONTIC OFFICE DESIGN
Creating a Feeling of Space, Part 1
Volume 18 : Number 1 : Page 29 : Jan 1984
Space requirements in relation to an individual's comfort zone are very subjective. Some doctors can practice efficiently with the walls closing in on them, apparently without undue stress. However, o...
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CASE REPORT
Uprighting an Inverted Maxillary Incisor
Volume 24 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1990
Orthodontists confront ectopically erupting teeth in various locations. Unless ankylosis is involved, these impactions can usually be brought into occlusion with the excision of a minimal amount of so...
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CASE REPORT
A Case of Possible Latex Allergy
Volume 25 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1991
A 43-year-old female complained of a vesicular dermatitis on her lower lip (Fig. 1). The lesion consisted of a red band of inflamed tissue 1cm wide, extending about 2.5cm across the central portion of...
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Volume 30 : Number 8 : Page 447 : Aug 1996
The Nance appliance is widely employed to maintain arch length and provide anchorage for distalization.1-7 All Nance appliances include an acrylic button in the area of the rugae palatinae to provide ...
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Frictional Characteristics of a Modified Ceramic Bracket
Volume 30 : Number 9 : Page 516 : Sep 1996
Ceramic brackets were developed to improve esthetics during orthodontic treatment. In clinical use, however, they have displayed problems including brittleness leading to bracket or tie-wing failure,1...
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Correction of Single-Tooth Rotations with Rotating Springs
Volume 34 : Number 11 : Page 656 : Nov 2000
Rotations often cause difficulty in finishing fixed orthodontic treatment. Although rotating springs1 are commonly used in the Begg2-5 and Tip-Edge*6 techniques, most preadjusted and standard edgewis...
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CLINICAL AID
An Easy-to-Tie Elastomeric Module
Volume 35 : Number 10 : Page 641 : Oct 2001
Elastomeric modules have been a common part of orthodontic practice for more than 30 years, since their introduction by Drs. Klein and Anderson in 1967*. The modules have remained basically unchange...
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Philippe Self-Ligating Lingual Brackets
Volume 36 : Number 1 : Page 42 : Jan 2002
In lingual orthodontics, 1st- and 3rd-order tooth movements are more complicated due to the variability of the lingual tooth anatomy. Torque control is also more difficult because of the reduced inter...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Surebonding Indirect Lingual Retainers
Volume 36 : Number 1 : Page 49 : Jan 2002
Over the years, we have tried both direct and indirect bonding of lingual retainers. We have finally developed a simple and predictable indirect procedure, based on the techniques of White1 and Sondhi...
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An Acrylic Transfer Tray for Direct-Bonded Lingual Retainers
Volume 38 : Number 10 : Page 551 : Oct 2004
Many orthodontists use 3-3 or 4-4 bonded lingual retainers for optimal functional and esthetic retention of the anterior teeth.1-4 One problem with these retainers, however, has been the accuracy of p...
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