Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
2901.
THE READERS' CORNER
Managing Change and Toothbrushing Stations
Volume 32 : Number 7 : Page 427 : Jul 1998
What change or changes in your office have been most traumatic for your staff? How did the trauma manifest itself? What was the solution to the problem? The vast majority of replies involved convertin...
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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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Stress Analysis of Plastic Bracket Configurations
Volume 11 : Number 2 : Page 120 : Feb 1977
The use of plastic brackets has greatly improved the esthetic aspect of orthodontic treatment.1,2,3 However, the plastic brackets have been styled after their metal predecessors. Often they are not ab...
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Volume 11 : Number 6 : Page 420 : Jun 1977
Management in business and industry has expended much energy and time in developing models of accountability and systems of performance appraisal for top and middle management. Theorists believe that ...
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Molar Distalization with Repelling Magnets
Volume 25 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1991
Headgears, space-gaining appliances, and open-coil springs have traditionally been used to move upper molars distally. When such devices are removable appliances, however, they rely heavily on patient...
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Forced Eruption: An Alternative to Extraction or Periodontal Surgery
Volume 26 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1992
Defects of the tooth structure near the alveolar bone, such as subgingival tooth fracture, cervical caries, endodontic perforation, and internal root resorption, are difficult to restore. Orthodontic ...
2907.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 28 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1994
A New Look at MotivationNothing so challenges a professional as to learn that a principle once accepted as absolute may no longer have relevance, practicality, or validity. Twenty-five years ago, I fe...
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Volume 34 : Number 7 : Page 409 : Jul 2000
Although composite resins generally have a low incidence of bond failures, they increase the likelihood of plaque accumulation, and thus the risk of demineralization of the surrounding enamel.1-3 Inde...
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CASE REPORT
Autotransplantation of a Permanent Maxillary Incisor
Volume 36 : Number 12 : Page 671 : Dec 2002
This report documents an autotransplantation used to restore the space left by an inverted and impacted permanent maxillary incisor in an adolescent patient. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning A 12-year...
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Microscrew Anchorage for Molar Intrusion
Volume 6 : Number 6 : Page 325 : Jun 2004
Molar extrusion is a common problem in adults, caused by the loss or infraocclusion of the opposing teeth. The simplest way to correct an extruded molar is to reduce its crown, but this may require en...
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Mandibular Molar Protraction with Temporary Anchorage Devices
Volume 42 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 2008
Protraction of mandibular molars is challenging because of the high density of mandibular bone. Anterior dental anchorage is often inadequate to protract even a single first molar without reciprocal r...
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CASE REPORT
Rapid Maxillary Expansion Using Palatal Implants
Volume 42 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 2008
Rapid maxillary expansion through midpalatal suture opening often results in undesirable buccal tipping of the posterior teeth supporting the expansion appliance.1-5 This orthodontic effect accounts f...
2913.
CASE REPORT
Extraction of a Geminated Central Incisor
Volume 45 : Number 2 : Page 85 : Feb 2011
Abnormalities in tooth size, shape, and structure generally occur during the morphodifferentiation stage of development, although tooth buds can fuse during the histological phase.1-4 Congenital tooth...
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Mini-Implant-Supported Temporary Pontics
Volume 48 : Number 7 : Page 422 : Jul 2014
There are two basic treatment options for patients with missing teeth: space closure or space opening for prosthetic replacement.1-4 Space closure seems advisable in many cases because of a better fun...
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Upper Molar Distalization with Invisalign Treatment Accelerated by Photobiomodulation
Volume 52 : Number 12 : Page 675 : Dec 2018
Drs. Ojima, Dan, Watanabe, and Kumagai demonstrate how a modified OrthoPulse device can be used to accelerate sequential posterior distalization by allowing aligner changes to be made every three days. A case report illustrates the procedure.
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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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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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Volume 28 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1994
1. What is the most efficient method you have used to distalize upper molars? There was a considerable variety of responses from the clinicians: 36% used headgear as their principal distalization mech...
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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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