Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
2061.
Effects of Declining Battery Voltage on Light Intensity and Power Consumption of Light-Curing Units
Volume 51 : Number 7 : Page 411 : Jul 2017
Clinicians have many choices of lithium-ion battery-powered portable light-curing units at various price points. This study measures the decline in light intensity and irradiance percentage as voltage declines in several commonly available devices. Recommendations are made for the inclusion of LED driver circuits with constant current.
2062.
A Tissue- and Boneborne Rapid Palatal Expander
Volume 54 : Number 4 : Page 230 : Apr 2020
Drs. Lupini, Retrouvey, Decesari, and Cozzani present a new Haas-inspired miniscrew-assisted maxillary expander for application in non-growing patients. Unlike toothborne devices, it provides an orthopedic component of force, using metal pads instead of acrylic to increase rigidity and avoid inflammation.
2063.
A New Jig Design for Molar Distalization with Skeletal Anchorage
Volume 54 : Number 5 : Page 302 : May 2020
Sliding jigs can now be combined with temporary anchorage devices to optimize biomechanics for unilateral Class II correction. The authors describe how to fabricate an efficient, esthetic, and inexpensive jig from beta titanium or stainless steel wire.
2064.
JCO Interviews the Kesling & Rocker Group on Begg Technique, Part 2
Volume 14 : Number 12 : Page 829 : Dec 1980
HGB Do you treat high angle cases differently? PCK To the untrained eye, all cases treated with the Begg Technique are treated essentially the same. All patients have archwires with anchor bends, and ...
2065.
JCO Interviews Dr. James M. Reynolds, Part II
Volume 6 : Number 10 : Page 555 : Oct 1972
This is the second and concluding installment of this interview. The first part appeared in the September issue of JCO. Dr. Brandt: How long do you wait before you label an account delinquent?Dr. Reyn...
2066.
Effect of Tacking Time on Bond Strength of Light-Cured Adhesives
Volume 31 : Number 7 : Page 449 : Jul 1997
Visible-light-cured adhesives have become increasingly popular among orthodontists. The unlimited working time of these adhesives allows the clinician to position the bracket as desired until initiati...
2067.
Volume 26 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1992
The skeletal Class III malocclusion is characterized by mandibular prognathism, maxillary deficiency, or both.1,2 Such a patient has a retrusive nasomaxillary area and a prominent lower third of the f...
2068.
THE READERS' CORNER
Congenitally Missing Incisors and Improving Practice Management
Volume 30 : Number 4 : Page 227 : Apr 1996
What are your criteria for handling congenitally missing upper lateral incisors? Nearly 80% of the practitioners said that closing the spaces left by missing maxillary lateral incisors was their first...
2069.
OVERVIEW
Frictional Resistance in Ceramic and Metal Brackets
Volume 38 : Number 1 : Page 35 : Jan 2004
Friction is the force that acts tangentially at the surface of two moving objects in contact. Static friction is the force required to initiate movement, whereas kinetic friction is the force needed t...
2070.
CASE REPORT
Distalizer Treatment of an Adult Class II, Division 2 Malocclusion
Volume 40 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 2006
An adult patient with a severe Class II, division 2 malocclusion requires careful diagnosis and treatment planning. Camouflage treatment may be possible if the first premolars can be extracted without...
2071.
Volume 8 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1974
In the sale of an orthodontic practice, most of the advantages have to be with the buyer. Even if the seller receives top price for his practice, he will only be getting one year's gross plus undeprec...
2072.
BOOK REVIEWS
The Art of Occlusal and Esthetic Waxing
Volume 54 : Number 4 : Page 246 : Apr 2020
ROWIDA ABDALLA, DDS, MS Spiral-bound. 122 pages, 290 illustrations. $88. 2019.Quintessence Publishing Co., Inc., 411 N. Raddant Road, Batavia, IL 60510.(800) 621-0387; www.quintpub.com. A book on esth...
2073.
COMMENTARY Overview: Intraoral Digital Scanners
NEAL D. KRAVITZ, CHRISTIAN GROTH, PERRY E. JONES, JOHN W. GRAHAM, W. RONALD REDMOND Jun. 2014
Volume 51 : Number 9 : Page 622 : Sep 2017
Only three years have passed since this Overview on intraoral digital scanners was published, but orthodontic technology has changed considerably since then. The work of Dr. Neal Kravitz and colleague...
2074.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 55 : Number 8 : Page 449 : Aug 2021
As clear aligner therapy continues to claim a greater and greater share of the orthodontic market, we would certainly expect to see various adaptations of the original clinical and manufacturing proto...
2075.
BOOK REVIEWS
The Alexander Discipline: Long-Term Stability
Volume 45 : Number 11 : Page 614 : Nov 2011
R.G. "WICK" ALEXANDER, DDS, MSD208 pages, 1,000 illustrations. $152. 2011.Quintessence Publishing, 4350 Chandler Drive, Hanover Park, IL 60133.(800) 621-0387; www.quintpub.com. With so few scientific ...
2076.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 20 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1986
Internecine Warfare I was talking recently with an orthodontist who has a strong prejudice against a particular method of orthodontic treatment currently advocated by many non-orthodontists. He told m...
2077.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 44 : Number 4 : Page 213 : Apr 2010
Cone-beam volumetric imaging (CBVI), also called cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), represents a revolution in orthodontic diagnostics of the same magnitude as the advent of cephalometric radiograp...
2078.
Bracket Placement with the Preadjusted Appliance
Volume 29 : Number 5 : Page 0 : 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 ...
2079.
JCO Interviews Dr. Donald H. Enlow on Craniofacial Growth
Volume 17 : Number 10 : Page 669 : Oct 1983
DR. GOTTLIEB Why is there still great controversy about the role of the condyle in mandibular growth?DR. ENLOW We've inherited a terminology, based on concepts that were held in the 1930s, that is bio...
2080.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 59 : Number 1 : Page 8 : Jan 2025
New practice owners frequently seek advice about building relationships with dentists. Orthodontists my age may remember taking the Bottom Line practice-management course in residency, where we learn...
Showing 2061-2080 of 4145 results. Search completed in 0.094 seconds.