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Bracket Placement with the Preadjusted Appliance
Volume 29 : Number 5 : Page 302 : May 1995
With the standard edgewise appliance, brackets were usually placed by using a millimeter (Boone or Dougherty) gauge to measure from the incisal or occlusal edge to the desired bracket position. These ...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Vincent M. Kelly on Lingual Orthodontics
Volume 16 : Number 7 : Page 461 : Jul 1982
DR. GOTTLIEB Vince, how did you get started in lingual orthodontics? DR. KELLY About four years ago, I found myself spending a great deal of my quiet time thinking about the concept of lingual treatme...
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Volume 1 : Number 3 : Page 120 : Nov 1967
1% a Month Interest ChargeQ Many department stores and gasoline companies charge interest at 1% a month on balances unpaid after 30 days. Last month my gardener started doing this. My first reaction w...
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Volume 2 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1968
The first treatment appointment is a short, ten minute appointment for placing separations throughout the mouth. The second visit is a long, hour and a half to two hour appointment during school, to p...
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Volume 5 : Number 1 : Page 35 : Jan 1972
Through force of habit or tradition, most orthodontists will insert a standard Hawley retainer after the removal of fixed bands. Although minor adjustments may be made with this appliance, they are no...
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Volume 8 : Number 9 : Page 506 : Sep 1974
Maxillary tooth movement may be assessed rather precisely from orthodontic study models. The area in the midline of the palate from a few millimeters behind the incisive foramen through the curvature ...
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Volume 9 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1975
A most significant survival factor in orthodontics turned up in a conversation that I had with Bob Schulhof of Rocky Mountain Data Systems (See page 776). Most orthodontists probably have not paid muc...
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Volume 15 : Number 4 : Page 279 : Apr 1981
Temporomandibular joint problems are more often caused by muscle spasms resulting from occlusal interferences than any other single cause. One of the accepted treatment procedures has been occlusal eq...
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Volume 16 : Number 7 : Page 431 : Jul 1982
There is a great deal of euphoria these days about a decline in the Consumer Price Index which orthodontists need to put in some perspective. While some economists have reservations with regard to the...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Is There an Orthodontic Myopia?
Volume 16 : Number 12 : Page 787 : Dec 1982
Is There an Orthodontic Myopia?In a landmark article entitled "Marketing Myopia", Theodore Levitt pointed out that the railroads in this country did not stop growing because of a decline in the need f...
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Lingual Orthodontics: A Status Report, Part 3: Indirect Bonding--Laboratory and Clinical Procedures
Volume 16 : Number 12 : Page 812 : Dec 1982
Indirect bonding of orthodontic brackets initially gained some popularity as a result of the efforts of Drs. Silverman and Cohen.1 A survey on bonding, conducted in 1978 by ,Dr. Gorelick, 2 indicated ...
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Updating the Bonded Herbst Appliance
Volume 17 : Number 2 : Page 122 : Feb 1983
A design modification of the Herbst appliance which incorporated a mandibular acrylic splint has been described recently.1 By substituting an acrylic splint for the stainless steel bands of the earlie...
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Volume 19 : Number 2 : Page 128 : Feb 1985
A high percentage of young children with severe overjet and overbite suffer fractured maxillary incisors, making it important to act at an early age--6-9 years--in such cases to try to avoid the probl...
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Cephalometric Dose Reduction with Prepatient Rare Earth Filtration
Volume 21 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1987
Image enhancement of the anterior facial soft tissues in lateral cephalograms has recently been advocated as a way to improve orthodontic treatment planning in conservative1-3 and surgical4-7 cases. C...
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Measuring Symptom Severity with the TMJ Scale
Volume 25 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1991
Patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) usually seek care in response to specific symptoms. Although pain in the face or head is the most frequent chief complaint,1 a wide variety of symptoms ...
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Do Sealants Seal? An SEM Investigation
Volume 26 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1992
One of the most important responsibilities of the orthodontist is the detection and prevention of decalcification1-8 (Fig. 1). It is widely believed that chemically cured sealants provide some protect...
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CASE REPORT
Controlled Tooth Eruption for Restoration of a Local Gingival Defect
Volume 26 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1992
Single-tooth gingival recession in the upper arch is a major esthetic problem, especially when the patient has a high lip line at rest or in smiling.1 Treatment options include a fixed crown or bridge...
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Comparison of Essix and Hawley Retainers
Volume 32 : Number 2 : Page 95 : Feb 1998
Essix* retainers were introduced in 1993 as an esthetic, comfortable, and inexpensive alternative to traditional fixed and removable orthodontic retainers.1 They are thermoformed from plastic, copolye...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 33 : Number 5 : Page 257 : May 1999
One of my first and best friends in orthodontics was Henry Hulan, who to this day remains a valuable colleague and the source of much of my professional knowledge. The summer I entered Baylor's orth...
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Loss of Anterior Torque Control Due to Variations in Bracket Slot and Archwire Dimensions
Volume 33 : Number 9 : Page 508 : Sep 1999
Colleagues around the world have recently begun to report intermittent failures of protraction mechanics that use incisor lingual root torque from rectangular archwires to provide anterior anchorage....
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