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JCO INTERVIEWS
Dr. Brandon Owen on Custom Labial Braces
Volume 59 : Number 6 : Page 374 : Jun 2025
Dr. Owen, founder of KLOwen, describes the differences between KLOwen braces and past and current customized systems; explores the challenges involved in producing high-quality prospective clinical studies; and explains how orthodontists can adopt this new technology.
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Volume 21 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1987
This month's topics are staff meetings and debanding sequences.1. Describe typical staff meetings in your office. How often do you hold them? Most offices reported holding their staff meetings once a ...
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Volume 21 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1987
Overcoming prospective patients' resistance to fees is often a matter of accommodating to an individual's financial limitations. This is becoming more difficult for patients and for orthodontists in d...
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Prevention of Decalcification in Orthodontic Patients
Volume 15 : Number 10 : Page 694 : Oct 1981
Decalcification and caries around and under orthodontic bands have long been recognized as problems of clinical significance; certainly the orthodontic patient is at advanced risk in this respect.1 Do...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Volume 38 : Number 9 : Page 489 : Sep 2004
As early as the 1970s, many dentists began incorporating their practices. There were several good reasons to take this step, but the primary impetus was to establish a tax-deferred retirement plan. To...
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OVERVIEW
Cone-Beam Volumetric Imaging: A Two-Minute Drill
Volume 44 : Number 4 : Page 253 : Apr 2010
Cone-beam volumetric imaging (CBVI), also called cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), has been used in dentistry since 1998.1,2 The images it produces are not improved digital images, but true three-...
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Dental Photography: Some New Benefits
Volume 6 : Number 10 : Page 570 : Oct 1972
Tired of looking at chipped and broken models? How about "misplaced" models that never seem to show up? Use photography to reduce unnecessary handling. Here's how. Take a 35mm black-and-white closeup ...
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Implant Therapy in Cases of Agenesis
Volume 27 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1993
Osseointegrated implants have been proven reliable as an alternative to bridges in cases of dental agenesis.1-6 In one study, 23 single-tooth titanium implants were placed in 16 patients, seven of who...
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Undesirable Canting of the Occlusal Plane During Orthodontic Treatment
Volume 41 : Number 12 : Page 757 : Dec 2007
Vertical positioning of the anterior teeth is assessed through the clinician's initial observation of the patient's facial dynamics, facial expression, and smile, followed by a frontal examination.1 T...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Volume 45 : Number 2 : Page 61 : Feb 2011
One of my favorite quotations comes from Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review. As the American humorist put it with his customary wit, "Figures often beguile me,...
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Managing Early Orthodontic Treatment with Clear Aligners
Volume 52 : Number 12 : Page 701 : Dec 2018
Drs. Favero, Volpato, and Favero describe the application of clear aligners to complex interceptive treatment. Two 8-year-old patients in the early mixed dentition illustrate the coordination of aligners with techniques such as serial extraction and transverse expansion.
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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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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 6 : Page 353 : Jun 2001
Since the government decided to allow advertising of prescription drugs on television, manufacturers have mounted expensive public campaigns for drugs such as Claritin, Prozac, and Viagra. Such a camp...
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Volume 3 : Number 8 : Page 391 : Aug 1969
In deciding about treatment of orthodontic cases in the past I used to indulge myself in what was then a popular fantasy and consider--"What would I do for this case if it were my child?" And, on case...
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ALIGNER CORNER
A New Functional Approach to Class II Treatment with Clear Aligners in Growing Patients
Volume 58 : Number 4 : Page 221 : Apr 2024
In two young Class II patients, Dr. Cremonini and colleagues demonstrate the use of F22 Young clear aligners with a mandibular-advancement feature: a customizable block behind the upper incisors that fits into the lingual incisal area of the lower aligner.
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New Types of Elastic Functional Appliances
Volume 30 : Number 9 : Page 507 : Sep 1996
Functional appliances are classified as myotonic (rigid) or myodynamic (elastic), depending on their structural characteristics and therapeutic action.1,2 Rigid appliances, such as the Balters bionato...
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A New Instrument for Debonding Clean-Up
Volume 25 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1991
Failure to remove all composite from enamel surfaces after debonding will result in "flat spots" that do not reflect light to the same degree as the surrounding enamel, or in composite ledges that can...
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A System for Thorough Retention Checks
Volume 27 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1993
As an orthodontic practice matures, the number of patients in retention increases. The sheer number of such patients may eventually become a management problem. Rather than arbitrarily shortening the ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 34 : Number 11 : Page 631 : Nov 2000
I recently called a colleague in a distant city, and the conversation went something like this: "Welcome to Dr. X's office. If you need to make an appointment or check on an appointment, press 1 now. ...
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Volume 9 : Number 11 : Page 665 : Nov 1975
Tongue thrust has been a subject of controversy in orthodontics for at least the last fifteen years and the more general subject of myofunctional therapy for quite a bit longer than that. A cause of t...
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