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Autotransplantation of Inversely Impacted Central Incisors
Volume 56 : Number 9 : Page 537 : Sep 2022
Autologous transplantation offers several advantages for resolving an inversely impacted maxillary incisor at an early age. Dr. Balut and colleagues demonstrate a case in which orthodontic traction was started three weeks after surgery, using passive self-ligating brackets with light forces.
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CASE REPORT
Management of a Transmigrant Lower Canine without Skeletal Anchorage in a Growing Class II Patient
Volume 57 : Number 9 : Page 537 : Sep 2023
Forced eruption of a transmigrant ectopic canine is performed using a lower lingual holding arch with a cantilever arm. The closed elastic traction is activated distally and labially, away from the roots of the lower incisors, to avoid resorption.
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THE READERS' CORNER
Thermal Archwires and In-Office Computers
Volume 32 : Number 1 : Page 29 : Jan 1998
How often do you use thermally activated nickel titanium archwires, and which brands do you use for alignment, leveling, space closure, and finishing? Eighty-five percent of the respondents used therm...
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Time Savings with Self-Ligating Brackets
Volume 24 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1990
Despite a wide range of protective techniques for sterilization and infection control, orthodontists are still exposed daily to infectious hazards.1-6 The possibility of puncture wounds from ligatures...
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Overhead Reduction: Is Bigger Always Better?
Volume 28 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1994
Businesses all over the world, and especially in the United States, are attempting to downsize, streamline, and reduce the number of their employees and the size of their plants. One company after ano...
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Volume 5 : Number 4 : Page 200 : Apr 1971
Experience with the segmented arch technique in 197 completed Class II division 1 and bimaxillary protrusion cases with overjets up to 17 mm gives me the confidence to tell you that the system is simp...
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Volume 2 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Oct 1968
Mismatch of tooth sizes Q What is recommended in a case in which a mismatch of tooth sizes will not permit an ideal correction of both the posterior intercuspation and the overjet? Should the anterior...
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JCO Interviews Dr. James A. McNamara, Jr., on the Frankel Appliance, Part 2: Clinical Management
Volume 16 : Number 6 : Page 390 : Jun 1982
DR. GOTTLIEB Jim, let's begin at the beginning in your approach to the clinical management of the Frankel appliance and the Frankel patient.DR. MCNAMARA Before the patient comes in, I always want to k...
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Bio-Progressive Therapy, Part 2: Principles
Volume 11 : Number 10 : Page 661 : Oct 1977
(CONTINUED FROM PART 1) The clinician needs to base his treatment mechanics on the results he wants to achieve with the goals and objectives he has in mind. He then should select the mechanical proced...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Establishing an Optimal Pricing Strategy for Your Practice
Volume 48 : Number 9 : Page 563 : Sep 2014
Can an orthodontist create a fee schedule that is fair to patients while still providing maximum profits for the practice? This article will look objectively at various practice models and identify th...
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Establishing an Optimal Pricing Strategy for Your Practice
Volume 48 : Number 9 : Page 563 : Aug 2014
Originally published in September 2014 Can an orthodontist create a fee schedule that is fair to patients while still providing maximum profits for the practice? This article will look objectively at ...
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JPO Q&A Rapid Palatal Expansion
Volume 1 : Number 1 : Page 22 : Sep 1967
22-jco-img-0.jpg1. Which teeth are used for anchorage of the rapid palatal expansion appliance? Usually the permanent first molars and either the first bicuspids or the deciduous first molars. Four te...
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Volume 20 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1986
Extraction of Lower Second Molars Removal of lower second molars is not a panacea for orthodontic problems. Several claims have been made for lower second molar extraction, but they have not been well...
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Removable Plastic Herbst Retainer
Volume 21 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1987
A variety of fixed and removable single-arch retainers have been useful in maintaining alignment, space closure, and rotation correction. However, single-arch retainers are not effective for preventin...
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Computerized Scheduling with a Grid-Loop System
Volume 22 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1988
Orthodontic computer software systems allow tracking of patient appointments in one of two ways. The first, a computer scheduler, is a program that keeps track of available and unavailable time, allow...
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Effects of First Bicuspid Extractions on Facial Height in High-Angle Cases
Volume 27 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1993
Some disagreement exists concerning the effect of bicuspid extractions on the vertical dimension. It has been suggested that orthodontic forward movement of the posterior teeth after bicuspid extracti...
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CASE REPORT
Customized Metal Coping for Elastic Traction of an Ectopic Maxillary Central Incisor
Volume 34 : Number 10 : Page 585 : Oct 2000
A number of factors have been cited as contributing toward delayed incisor eruption1,2: the presence of a supernumerary in the midline, generalized or localized crowding, dilaceration of the inciso...
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Molar Control Using Indirect Miniscrew Anchorage
Volume 11 : Number 11 : Page 661 : Nov 2005
Most of the methods for uprighting mesially tipped mandibular second molars1-7 produce undesirable extrusion of the target molars and movement of the anchorage units, requiring interarch stabilization...
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Uprighting Mesially Inclined Mandibular Second Molars with a Modified Uprighter Jet
Volume 41 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 2007
Premature loss of the mandibular second premolars and first molars due to caries or periodontal disease can lead to mesioinclination of the second molars. Various orthodontic methods have been used to...
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"Reverse" Indirect Bonding: A Protocol for Temporary Debonding
Volume 45 : Number 11 : Page 610 : Nov 2011
When a patient requests that orthodontic brackets be removed for an important event such as a wedding or prom before the completion of treatment, the practitioner must weigh the alternatives of debond...
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