Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Volume 24 : Number 9 : Page 558 : Sep 1990
Many orthodontists use a combination of cephalometric analyses to suit their personal requirements. Unfortunately, the myriad planes and angles needed to make a single tracing can become an undecipher...
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CLINICAL AID
A New Tissue Retractor for Molar Banding
Volume 38 : Number 7 : Page 373 : Jul 2004
To correct second molar positions, many orthodontists use bonded tubes, which can often be placed before the teeth have fully erupted. Other clinicians choose to wait until the second molars can be su...
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JCO Interviews Robert J. Schulhof on Functional Appliance Results
Volume 17 : Number 2 : Page 125 : Feb 1983
GOTTLIEB Bob, in your article in the September issue of JCO entitled "Results of Class II Functional Appliance Treatment", you presented an analysis of the results of treatment with four functional ap...
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Effectiveness of Thera-Bite Wafers in Reducing Pain
Volume 28 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1994
Pressure delivered to a tooth by any orthodontic appliance is sensed by the rich nerve supply of the periodontal ligament. Light forces that do not occlude the vascular network of the ligament stimula...
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ROUND TABLE
Current Concepts in Begg Philosophy and Technique
Volume 16 : Number 2 : Page 108 : Feb 1982
DR. BARRER All of you have been or still are accomplished edgewise operators. Why do you prefer Begg as your primary treatment technique?DR. WILLIAMS Demands for patient cooperation are far less than ...
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Bioprogressive Simplified, Part 2: The Linear Dynamic System
Volume 21 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1987
Bioprogressive therapy has been a staple of orthodontics for more than 20 years. Its originators, Drs. Robert Ricketts and Ruel Bench, combined contemporary edgewise mechanics with solid diagnostic pr...
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Borderline Malocclusions, Part I: Differential Diagnosis--Specific Therapeutics
Volume 5 : Number 5 : Page 248 : May 1971
Our efforts in orthodontics are guided principally by the factors of facial balance and stability of tooth and arch relationships. Cases that cannot satisfy these factors without extraction, require e...
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The Bonded Lingual Retainer and Multiple Spacing of Anterior Teeth
Volume 17 : Number 12 : Page 838 : Dec 1983
In 1977, promising short-term clinical experience (1 to 2.5 years) with 43 bonded lingual canine-to-canine retainers was reported.11 These retainers were made of .032" to .036" wire with loops at the ...
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ALIGNER CORNER
Volume 56 : Number 8 : Page 464 : Aug 2022
Using the case of a 12-year-old male with a skeletal Class II malocclusion, the authors measure the effects of MA aligners during the pubertal growth peak. Over 36 weeks, with trays changed weekly, the Precision Wings provide a gradual advancement of 2mm for every eight aligners.
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Facial Growth Modification with a Bone-Anchored Herbst Appliance Part 2
Volume 58 : Number 10 : Page 608 : Oct 2024
In the second installment of this two-part series, Drs. De Clerck, Timmerman, Nguyen, Jacobs, and Siciliano treat three patients with a novel hybrid Herbst appliance consisting of an upper customized frame and RPE connected to miniplates in the lower-canine region.
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Comprehensive Correspondence for New Patient Exams and Consultations
Volume 29 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1995
Effective communication begins with a new patient's initial phone call and continues throughout the patient's treatment and beyond. It enhances the image of the practice, increases the orthodontic kno...
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THE READERS' CORNER
Arch-Length Discrepancies and Serial Extraction
Volume 34 : Number 10 : Page 593 : Oct 2000
In diagnosing arch-length discrepancies, do you use a Bolton analysis? If so, how do you use it? Forty-seven percent of the respondents routinely used a Bolton analysis to aid in the determination o...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Jack G. Dale on Serial Extraction, Part 2
Volume 10 : Number 2 : Page 116 : Feb 1976
DR. BRANDT Under what circumstances would you suggest stripping teeth instead of removing them?DR. DALE From time to time, I will reduce the mesial surfaces of the primary cuspids in patients where I ...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Completion of a Retention Program
Volume 40 : Number 1 : Page 47 : Jan 2006
How many times have you heard the question: "How long will I have to wear my retainers?" My guess is that the answer equals the number of patients you have treated. In this month's Management and Mark...
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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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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 33 : Number 1 : Page 9 : Jan 1999
Orthodontists are often dismayed that even their finest treatment results can change with time; patients cannot be faulted for a reasonable expectation that their teeth, once straightened, will stay s...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Volume 29 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1995
The transition from one orthodontist to another is a topic of considerable current interest, as evidenced by the plethora of information being disseminated in professional publications and at meetings...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Profit Realization: A New Standard of Practice Success
Volume 33 : Number 6 : Page 333 : Jun 1999
When I first started practice nearly 25 years ago, the focus of many consultants and practice-management lecturers was on gross production. That was the way to evaluate the success of a practice. Man...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Thomas D. Creekmore on Torque
Volume 13 : Number 5 : Page 305 : May 1979
JCO How important a factor in torque is bracket position on the tooth?DR. CREEKMORE It is supposedly very important, but I have not used a constant position of the bracket on the tooth. I find the var...
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Common Sense Mechanics, Part 8
Volume 14 : Number 4 : Page 265 : Apr 1980
(CONTINUED FROM PART 7) Wire/Bracket Relationships This discussion will appear to be academic at first, and of little use to the clinically oriented orthodontist, but be patient. The content will incr...
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