Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
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Common Sense Mechanics, Part 13
Volume 14 : Number 9 : Page 637 : Sep 1980
(CONTINUED FROM PART 12) Applying Principles to Total Treatment (Continued) Thus far, we have observed treatment procedures involving various malocclusions, including Class I extraction and nonextract...
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Volume 19 : Number 1 : Page 43 : Jan 1985
Air-rotor stripping (ARS) enables the clinician to remove a precise amount of interproximal enamel to create space, primarily in the buccal quadrants, for aligning or retracting teeth. In selected cas...
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Update on Bonding Brackets: An In Vitro Survey
Volume 28 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1994
The optimal adhesive system is self-limiting, economical, and easy to bond and debond. It combines maximum bond strength with minimal risk of damage to enamel. Maximum strength is needed to compensate...
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CASE REPORT
Nonextraction Treatment of Ectopic Maxillary Canines
Volume 56 : Number 5 : Page 20220501 : May 2022
The 2022 JCO Student of the Year details her diagnosis and treatment planning for a 15-year-old patient with a complicated Class II malocclusion, including ectopically erupting upper canines and a retained upper deciduous canine. Post-treatment results are analyzed with an eye toward potential future improvements.
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THE CUTTING EDGE
Establishing an All-Digital Office
Volume 39 : Number 2 : Page 81 : Feb 2005
This month's Cutting Edge column, by a frequent contributor, Dr. Robert Haeger, provides a step-by-step method for computerizing an orthodontic office. I can appreciate Dr. Haeger's formula better tha...
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Treatment of Skeletal-Origin Gummy Smiles with Miniscrew Anchorage
Volume 42 : Number 5 : Page 285 : May 2008
Excessive gingival display during smiling, or a "gummy smile", may result from a variety of etiological factors. Proper diagnosis is critical before beginning treatment.1-10 In adult patients, when th...
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Volume 5 : Number 1 : Page 35 : Jan 1972
Through force of habit or tradition, most orthodontists will insert a standard Hawley retainer after the removal of fixed bands. Although minor adjustments may be made with this appliance, they are no...
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A New Instrument for Functional Appliance Bite Registration
Volume 26 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1992
The most critical factor in the construction of a functional orthodontic appliance is the construction bite registration.1 Yet orthodontists have been estimating the correct posture of the mandible an...
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Treatment of Complications Associated with Lower Fixed Retainers
Volume 50 : Number 1 : Page 54 : Jan 2016
Bonded retainers are often used to maintain orthodontic treatment results, especially for an increasing number of practitioners advocating long-term or even lifelong retention. Although fixed retainers have been described as effective, safe and predictable, and compatible with periodontal health, long-term retention is not without risks. Failures of fixed retainers, as evidenced by debonding or fatigue wire fracture, are relatively common. Long-term use of fixed retainers is associated with increased calculus and plaque accumulation, with a consequent risk of gingival recession and increased probing depths.
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 59 : Number 4 : Page 225 : Apr 2025
The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias, or thinking error, that leads individuals with low competence to overestimate their abilities. Identified by psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruge...
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OVERVIEW
Volume 57 : Number 1 : Page 9 : Jan 2023
Hybrid aligner mechanics utilize the advantages of clear aligners while accounting for their limitations in producing certain tooth movements. Drs. Kravitz, Miller, Bowman, and Wilmes review applications of clear aligners in combination with fixed appliances, laboratory-fabricated devices, and various auxiliaries.
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An Incident of Subcutaneous Emphysema Following Laser Tooth Exposure
Volume 46 : Number 12 : Page 749 : Dec 2012
Subcutaneous emphysema (SCE), defined as the passage and collection of gas between the tissue spaces or fascial planes,1 is a rare complication of dental procedures usually associated with the use of ...
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Volume 15 : Number 1 : Page 63 : Jan 1981
Approximately 15 percent of the patients seeking orthodontic help are diagnosed as having a good mandibular dentition, a good mandible, and a good relation of both to the cranium. In such cases, the m...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 23 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1989
Practice Image Every practice has an image. The real question is whether it is the image you intend to convey. There should be a conscious effort in a professional practice to establish its image to...
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Volume 28 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1994
All orthodontists are familiar with the after school rush, which not only causes stress and turmoil, but can extend treatment time and even affect treatment quality. In the late 1980s, this problem se...
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CASE REPORT
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment of Multiple-Tooth Agenesis, Retention, and Impaction
Volume 57 : Number 12 : Page 20231201 : Dec 2023
The authors discuss multidisciplinary treatment of a complex case involving multiple-tooth agenesis, retention, and impaction. The patient required extractions and germectomies, as well as cosmetic recontouring for tooth substitutions after orthodontic space closure.
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A Superelastic Loop for Uprighting Mesially Impacted Lower Second Molars
Volume 53 : Number 12 : Page 726 : Dec 2019
The original Loca-System used a loop of rectangular superelastic nickel titanium wire to distalize maxillary molars. This modification of the loop can be used to recover and upright a deeply impacted mandibular second molar, as demonstrated in an adult patient.
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CASE REPORT
Compensatory Retreatment of an Adult Class II Deep-Bite Patient
Volume 49 : Number 6 : Page 391 : Jun 2015
When an adult patient presents for retreatment of a moderate skeletal Class II malocclusion and deep bite, both dental and facial characteristics must be carefully evaluated and weighed along with the...
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8-Tooth Extraction Cases Using Begg Technique
Volume 11 : Number 8 : Page 526 : Aug 1977
Where required, 8-tooth extraction treatment is the finest service that the orthodontist can render, but the orthodontist must make the treatment plan and treatment decisions carefully. He must be ale...
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Volume 12 : Number 3 : Page 192 : Mar 1978
(CONTINUED FROM PART 6) Every major approach to orthodontics has had one characteristic which stands out in the minds of orthodontic clinicians universally as a medium for describing that particular a...
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