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101.
TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Volume 29 : Number 3 : Page 173 : Mar 1995
To make a thermoformed splint Herbst appliance, I use a new set of connecting rods and reinforcing .036" X .072" wires. This method eliminates welding, prevents loosening by using self-locking screws,...
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JCO Interviews O.A. "Bud" Ham on Practice Management
Volume 16 : Number 4 : Page 237 : Apr 1982
GOTTLIEB In a JCO Interview last month, Avrom King discussed the Tier III orthodontic practice that he believes will be successful in 1990. Do you have a similar vision of the future, and how will the...
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Volume 3 : Number 4 : Page 204 : Apr 1969
A new and useful pliers is developed that combines the grasping function of a How plier with the cutting function of a ligature cutter. Thus, this multi-purpose pliers: Holds and places wires. Twists ...
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Volume 11 : Number 1 : Page 44 : Jan 1977
The management of impacted molars used to be a difficult problem. Separating wires and threaded pins (requiring restorations) have been advocated. Uncertainty and delay characterized these approaches....
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Bonded Pontics in Orthodontics
Volume 23 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1989
During the last decade, new esthetic materials and innovative bonding techniques have made it possible for orthodontists to use bonded replacements for missing teeth instead of removable partial dentu...
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Volume 9 : Number 8 : Page 486 : Aug 1975
One hundred percent of the orthodontists responding to a recent survey said that they use some form of retention on the mandibular anterior teeth to offset post-treatment irregularity.1 A surprising 3...
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Volume 19 : Number 1 : Page 43 : Jan 1985
Air-rotor stripping (ARS) enables the clinician to remove a precise amount of interproximal enamel to create space, primarily in the buccal quadrants, for aligning or retracting teeth. In selected cas...
108.
TECHNIQIUE CLINIC
Volume 4 : Number 3 : Page 168 : Mar 1970
The removal of lower anterior bands is often difficult and painful. A simple technique for solving this problem is to use a side-cutting plier. The beaks of the plier are placed behind the wings of th...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Upper Molar Band Removal Ledge
Volume 2 : Number 9 : Page 471 : Nov 1968
471-jco-img-0.jpgThe task of band removal can be made less difficult for the orthodontist and less painful for the patient by the routine use of band removal ledges on the lingual of upper molar bands...
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Volume 35 : Number 8 : Page 494 : Aug 2001
According to an unpublished survey of orthodontic laboratories, the Herbst* appliance has become one of the most popular mechanisms for the correction of Class II malocclusions.1 This is undoubtedly ...
111.
Gradual Grinding of a Talon Cusp During Orthodontic Treatment
Volume 46 : Number 2 : Page 111 : Feb 2012
Dens evaginatus is a developmental aberration of a tooth resulting in formation of an accessory cusp that has been described as an abnormal tubercle, elevation, protuberance, excrescence, extrusion, o...
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The Harvold Activator Simplified Construction and Use
Volume 17 : Number 12 : Page 845 : Dec 1983
In common with many other British orthodontists, we had considerable experience in the use of Andresen appliances beginning in the early 1960s, led by enthusiasts such as Rix and Grossman. Although th...
113.
TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Winding On Coil Spring Without Removing Archwire
Volume 3 : Number 8 : Page 430 : Aug 1969
Winding a length of open push-coil spring onto an archwire to maintain or increase space without having to remove the archwire is a time-saving technique. To do it, take a spool of open coil spring wi...
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Volume 6 : Number 10 : Page 587 : Oct 1972
Simple solutions to problems are sometimes overlooked. For ten years I have been using Northwest headgear with anterior hooks for attachment to helices on archwires and on the ACCO Appliance (Fig. 1)....
115.
CLINICAL AID
Volume 7 : Number 10 : Page 648 : Oct 1973
A new plier, introduced this year, has replaced a few old favorites in my lab. For headgear adjustments, the Face Bow Plier (Dentronix No. 280) is universal, being used for cutting, bending, closing l...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Simplified Orthodontic Debonding
Volume 33 : Number 5 : Page 275 : May 1999
The most common technique used for debonding orthodontic attachments is to shear the adhesive by firmly holding a ligature-cutting plier against the tooth surface, adjacent to the proximal edges of ...
117.
TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Tying the Auxiliary Ligature Loop on Partially Erupted Cuspid
Volume 5 : Number 12 : Page 692 : Dec 1971
In the previous Technique Clinic a technique was shown using an auxiliary ligature loop in the vertical slot of a combination bracket on a partially erupted, palatally placed upper cuspid. Did you not...
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Essix Appliances: Minor Tooth Movement with Divots and Windows
Volume 28 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1994
Essix retainers are clear, thin cuspid-to-cuspid appliances that snap into place and are retained, without clasps, by the many natural undercuts gingival to the anterior contact points (Fig. 1). They ...
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An Effective and Precise Method of Boneborne Maxillary Expansion
Volume 57 : Number 5 : Page 291 : May 2023
The compact UxL Expander is affixed to the palatal cortical bone with four locking miniscrews. Dr. Alev presents a digital protocol for production of a thermoformed transfer tray that allows the expander to be designed and delivered at the same appointment.
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Volume 32 : Number 8 : Page 493 : Aug 1998
Over the past few years, the Herbst* appliance has experienced a considerable rise in popularity, since it enables the correction of Class II malocclusions without the need for patient cooperation.1-7...
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