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THE READERS' CORNER
Volume 59 : Number 3 : Page 196 : Mar 2025
In the second half of this two-part survey of retention protocols, Dr. Kazmierski reviews JCO readers’ answers to questions about fixed retainers and common practices for supervising retention.
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Volume 20 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1986
After a practice has been operating for many years, orthodontists begin accumulating a number of paid-up patients who still require additional treatment. The practitioner usually absorbs this addition...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 23 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1989
Staying Close to the Patient Joe Girard of Detroit, Michigan, is no ordinary car salesman. For at least 11 years, he has sold more automobiles and trucks than any other human being. In fact, in any on...
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Cephalometric Diagnosis Using the Quadrilateral Analysis
Volume 4 : Number 1 : Page 30 : Jan 1970
When diagnosing an orthodontic case one must begin by recognizing if any skeletal problem exists. This is necessary in order to see the malocclusion in its proper perspective. All too often the same...
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Volume 27 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1993
Topics include TMJ and practice newsletters.1. What percentage of your orthodontic patients would you estimate show TMJ signs or symptoms before treatment? during treatment? after treatment? Responses...
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Volume 6 : Number 7 : Page 406 : Jul 1972
The orthodontist usually directs the oral surgeon to make an attachment to an impacted tooth. This means removing enough tissue to permit placement of a cervical wire, crown form, casting, or pin. Man...
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In-Office Bracket Reconditioning
Volume 15 : Number 9 : Page 635 : Sep 1981
A practical system has been developed for in-office reconditioning of debonded attachments, which can be performed easily by auxiliary personnel. In the past, brackets and other attachments had a rath...
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CLINICAL AID
An Easy-to-Tie Elastomeric Module
Volume 35 : Number 10 : Page 641 : Oct 2001
Elastomeric modules have been a common part of orthodontic practice for more than 30 years, since their introduction by Drs. Klein and Anderson in 1967*. The modules have remained basically unchange...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 59 : Number 6 : Page 357 : Jun 2025
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique used to restore breathing and circulation when a person’s heart stops. The American Heart Association (AHA) updates the CPR guidelines eve...
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A Psychological Approach to Thumbsucking
Volume 34 : Number 8 : Page 478 : Aug 2000
Thumbsucking is one of the most common pathological syndromes encountered in orthodontic practice (Fig. 1). A parafunction that involves a kind of erogenous stimulation of a highly sensitive area, thu...
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A New Telescopic Maxillary Expander
Volume 29 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1995
Maxillary expansion screws have been a source of frustration to orthodontists for many years. The traditional jackscrews are difficult for patients to activate. Longer screws, which provide the most e...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Solving the Molar-Distalization Dilemma
Volume 46 : Number 8 : Page 453 : Aug 2012
Almost exactly eight years ago, I wrote an Editor's Corner entitled "The Fascination of the Class II". In that editorial, I posed the question, "Just what is it about the Class II malocclusion that so...
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Volume 15 : Number 1 : Page 52 : Jan 1981
It has been reported that only about 2% of private dental offices have in-house computers and that another 30% use a computer service bureau, usually for billing, recalls, and accounts receivable. For...
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Volume 2 : Number 10 : Page 418 : Oct 1968
The removal of cement from the teeth after band cementation and band removal is a long and tedious job that occupies the orthodontist in a most non-productive manner. The answer to this problem is the...
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Volume 35 : Number 7 : Page 434 : Jul 2001
TOMAC is a unique surgical-orthodontic treatment planning system (see Part 1, JCO, June 2001). The TOMAC VTO is constructed in three stages: test, presurgical-orthodontic, and surgical. The essentia...
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External Cervical Resorption after Distraction of the Periodontal Ligament
Volume 55 : Number 10 : Page 634 : Oct 2021
Periodontal ligament distraction can promote rapid canine retraction after premolar extractions. Drs. Valladares-Neto, Evangelista, and Silva document a case of a 15-year-old male in whom pulp canal obliteration and external cervical resorption developed several years after such treatment.
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OVERVIEW
Extraction Treatment, Part 2: Guidelines for Making the Extraction Decision
Volume 49 : Number 1 : Page 29 : Jan 2015
(Editor's Note: In this regular column, JCO provides an overview of a clinical topic of interest to orthodontists. Contributions and suggestions for future subjects are welcome.) In the first part of ...
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Evaluation of Smile Attractiveness with Mesiodistal Variations of the Upper Lateral Incisors
Volume 55 : Number 12 : Page 750 : Dec 2021
General dentists, orthodontists, and laypeople tend to have different perceptions of smile esthetics. A study by Dr. Mota Júnior and colleagues compares smile evaluations after digitized variations in uni- and bilateral mesiodistal widths of the upper lateral incisors.
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CASE REPORT
Indelible Iatrogenic Staining of Enamel Following Debonding
Volume 14 : Number 10 : Page 713 : Oct 1980
Bonding of metal orthodontic brackets has become increasingly accepted as a routine treatment procedure. Thousands of cases are treated each year using various manufacturers' brackets and bonding mate...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 4 : Page 201 : Apr 2001
Johnny Mercer could not have known when he wrote the song, "Accentuate the Positive", that he was forecasting a 21st-century management theory, but four lines of that lyric capture exactly the idea pr...
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