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Volume 12 : Number 9 : Page 650 : Sep 1978
To diagnose and treatment plan a young Class III patient involves understanding the growth of the face that may occur to transform an acceptable young face to the unacceptable prognathism of the adult...
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Vertical Control with a Headgear-Activator Combination
Volume 24 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1990
One of the major complaints about activator therapy is the lack of control of lower facial height. Combining the activator with a headgear is a solution that has been proposed by several authors to op...
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A Method for Correction of Open Bite
Volume 30 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1996
Treatment of open bite is complicated by the difficulty of differentiating among many possible dentoalveolar and skeletal etiologic factors, depending on the patient's growth pattern.1 Cephalometric m...
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JCO ROUNDTABLE
Ethics in Orthodontic Practice, Part 4
Volume 33 : Number 6 : Page 329 : Jun 1999
Editor's Note: The participants in this discussion are JCO subscribers who were chosen at random. Other topics are explored in the March, April, May, and July 1999 issues. DR. GOTTLIEB A patient trans...
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Tetragon: A Visual Cephalometric Analysis
Volume 33 : Number 6 : Page 353 : Jun 2000
This article is intended to provide the student, the clinician, and the researcher with a simple, logical, and accurate visual cephalometric analysis. The analysis is based on two geometric constructs...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Volume 34 : Number 9 : Page 543 : Sep 2000
This month we revisit the issue of fees. As Dr. Juan Morales states in his article, fees are usually based on what the other orthodontists in the community are charging, rather than on the expenses an...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 36 : Number 5 : Page 261 : May 2002
Recently, I spent the better part of an hour on the phone talking to a periodontist with whom I frequently discuss difficult cases. Somehow or other, we got off on a tangent regarding the current stat...
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Volume 37 : Number 8 : Page 412 : Aug 2003
Resolving excessive tooth eruption with fixed appliances can be frustrating because the coincident extrusion of the adjacent teeth will usually be more evident than the intrusion of the overerupted to...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 39 : Number 8 : Page 453 : Aug 2005
I recently did a consultation for an interesting case that left me thinking. The patient was an attractive young lady, mid-30s, blonde hair, blue eyes, tall, slender. She had a Class II, division 2 su...
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An Uprighting Appliance for Impacted Mandibular Second and Third Molars
Volume 40 : Number 2 : Page 110 : Feb 2006
For patients who have missing first molars or whose first molars need to be extracted, the ideal orthodontic treatment is to move the other molars mesially into the first molar spaces. Unfortunately, ...
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Molar Distalization with a Miniscrew-Anchored Sliding Jig
Volume 45 : Number 7 : Page 368 : Jul 2011
The sliding jig, used to transmit distalizing forces from intermaxillary elastics to the molars,1 has the disadvantages of requiring patient compliance and of potentially losing anchorage due to react...
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Upper Canine Extractions in Adult Cases with Unusual Malocclusions
Volume 46 : Number 2 : Page 102 : Feb 2012
Treatment planning for adult malocclusions may sometimes dictate atypical or "strategic" extractions, especially in cases involving periodontal problems.1-7 For example, the critical decision to extra...
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The PIT and the Pendulum: Pendulum-Integrated TADs
Volume 46 : Number 8 : Page 465 : Aug 2012
The Pendulum* family of appliances, including the Mini-Distalizing Appliance (MDA) and the Pendex, have proven effective in broadening the upper arch, distalizing upper molars (especially when the sec...
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Miniscrew Implant-Supported Rapid Maxillary Expansion
Volume 46 : Number 10 : Page 608 : Oct 2012
Although rapid maxillary expansion can be effective in correcting posterior crossbite and dental crowding due to arch-length discrepancies, it can also cause side effects including limited skeletal ex...
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Mechanics for Treatment of Impacted and Ectopically Erupted Maxillary Canines
Volume 47 : Number 5 : Page 305 : May 2013
Maxillary canine impaction occurs in about 2% of the population and is twice as common in females as in males.1 Palatal impactions account for about 85% of these cases, and labial or buccal impactions...
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The Biomechanics of Aligner Orthodontics in Open-Bite Cases
Volume 53 : Number 12 : Page 699 : Dec 2019
Dr. Ojima and colleagues describe three methods of correcting anterior open bite with the Invisalign system, depending on the clinical situation. Biomechanics are illustrated for cases requiring various combinations of anterior extrusion, molar intrusion, and maxillary molar distalization.
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A Three-Stage Approach for Managing Impacted Maxillary Incisors in the Mixed Dentition
Volume 56 : Number 6 : Page 334 : Jun 2022
Drs. Greco, Pacifico, and Rombolà demonstrate a technique for recovering impacted incisors in early orthodontic treatment. Rapid maxillary expansion is followed by placement of a palatal arch for de-impaction and a fixed sectional appliance for refinement of the incisor positions.
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Protocols for Combining the Beneslider with Lingual Appliances in Class II Treatment
Volume 48 : Number 12 : Page 744 : Dec 2014
Over the past few years, a number of skeletally anchored distalization mechanics have been introduced using various insertion sites and protocols for mini-implants. While the retromolar region has pro...
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The Herbst Appliance 32 Years after Treatment
Volume 49 : Number 7 : Page 442 : Jul 2015
The Herbst* appliance was reintroduced into modern orthodontics by Dr. Pancherz in 1979, after it had been more or less forgotten for almost half a century.1,2 Originally, the Herbst was banded only t...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
A Staff Meeting to Get Excited About!
Volume 48 : Number 1 : Page 57 : Jan 2014
This column is compiled by JCO Contributing Editor Robert S. Haeger, DDS, MS. Every few months, Dr. Haeger presents a successful approach or strategy for a particular aspect of practice management. Yo...
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