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JCO Interviews Dr. Homer W. Phillips on Bonding, Part 2
Volume 14 : Number 7 : Page 462 : Jul 1980
DR. GOTTLIEB How often do you experience bond failure?DR. PHILLIPS Today it's pretty rare. We had a horrendous failure rate in the early years of bonding when techniques and materials weren't as good....
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Orthodontic Economic Index--1983
Volume 17 : Number 7 : Page 483 : Jul 1983
The orthodontic economic index presented here was derived from an analysis of more than 200 orthodontic practices established for five years or longer. No new practices were included, and high and low...
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Rubber Dam Isolation of the Working Field in Orthodontics
Volume 27 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1993
The need for complete isolation of the working field during acid etching and bonding is well recognized.1 Accepted devices for achieving a dry working field include cotton rolls, saliva ejectors and h...
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Supercable and the SPEED System
Volume 32 : Number 4 : Page 246 : Apr 1998
The ideal initial archwire has superior strength and flexibility, resists permanent deformation, and maximizes both patient comfort and physiologic tooth movement. The limited flexibility of the origi...
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The Effectiveness of an Elastomeric Module Dispenser in Cross-Infection Control
Volume 32 : Number 12 : Page 721 : Dec 1998
Orthodontic patients and staff members are exposed to transmission of infectious agents through direct contact (for example, with infected blood), indirect contact (from injury with contaminated instr...
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Volume 20 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1986
A number of instruments, including the Boone and Dougherty gauges, have been used for accurate positioning of brackets in direct bonding.1-4 Although position adjustments can be made with such an inst...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Charles J. Burstone on Orthodontic Force Control
Volume 15 : Number 4 : Page 266 : Apr 1981
DR. GOTTLIEB Understanding force systems is so important in orthodontics and yet most orthodontists find it hard to deal with the basic information. "As you increase the diameter of a round wire, you ...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Homer W. Phillips on Bonding, Part 1
Volume 14 : Number 6 : Page 391 : Jun 1980
DR. GOTTLIEB Do you think that bonding has arrived as a substitute for orthodontic banding?DR. PHILLIPS I definitely do. Many simple everyday things that we take for granted have evolved because someo...
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Volume 4 : Number 12 : Page 671 : Dec 1970
There are ideas that achieve the status of "a well-known fact" through repetition. Some of these have become a routine part of the treatment procedure of many orthodontists without having been proven....
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CLINICAL AID
Modifying Disposable Plastic Impression Trays
Volume 8 : Number 1 : Page 56 : Jan 1974
It is simple to modify the size and shape of disposable plastic impression trays. This is demonstrated on the Tra-Ten Disposable Trays of the DP Company. Adjusting the Size It is often advantageous to...
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Incisal Locator for Orthognathic Surgery
Volume 15 : Number 10 : Page 672 : Oct 1981
The Le Fort I operation (maxillary impaction) is fast becoming the most used orthognathic surgical procedure, because it treats the vertical dimension, which is the cause of so many of our problems. C...
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Modified Herbst Appliance for the Mixed Dentition
Volume 19 : Number 11 : Page 811 : Nov 1985
The skeletal and dental ages of children do not always coincide. Often middle phalanx development may indicate optimal treatment timing, but the patient's bicuspids are not erupted enough to receive e...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Removable "Fixed" Appliance for an Actress
Volume 22 : Number 2 : Page 115 : Feb 1988
In the play Happy Times, the character Sally O'Hare wears orthodontic appliances in the first act, but not in the second. The University of Nebraska Department of Theatre asked us to design a removabl...
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Correction of Single-Tooth Crossbite
Volume 29 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1995
Correction of posterior or anterior single-tooth crossbite, although it involves a limited portion of the dental arch, can be difficult. The tooth in crossbite must be intruded and moved either lingua...
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Stepwise Overjet Reduction with a Modified Twin-Block Appliance
Volume 33 : Number 11 : Page 620 : Nov 1999
The twin-block appliance, described by Clark in 1982, is currently the most popular functional appliance in the United Kingdom. Recent evidence suggests that it may also be considered the most success...
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PEARLS
A Debonding Memento for Patients
Volume 34 : Number 8 : Page 469 : Aug 2000
Debonding day is a special day for any patient. Many orthodontists present their patients with mementos such as before-and-after photographs or models, but the appliances themselves are generally di...
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Retaining Treatment Results with the Advanceable Twin-Block Appliance
Volume 39 : Number 1 : Page 35 : Jan 2005
The twin-block appliance has been modified to allow bite advancement by means of a screw system incorporated into the maxillary appliance blocks.1 This can be advantageous in patients with severe over...
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Lingual Spring for Minor Movement of Maxillary Central Incisors
Volume 23 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1989
Minor tooth movement in the maxillary anterior region is sometimes required for esthetic reasons--for instance, a diastema between the central incisors, or rotation of the centrals caused by supernume...
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CASE REPORT
Correction of Open Bite with Elastics and Rectangular NiTi Wires
Volume 25 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1991
Various types of elastics-- Class II, Class m, box, triangular, zig-zag, criss-cross, diagonal, and others--provide the clinician with the ability to correct both anteroposterior and vertical discrepa...
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Clinical Evaluation of Tooth-Size Discrepancy
Volume 32 : Number 9 : Page 544 : Sep 1998
This article shows a simple method of performing a preliminary tooth-size discrepancy analysis during the clinical examination. Anterior Analysis Have the patient move the mandible into an edge-to-edg...
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