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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...
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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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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 28 : Number 2 : Page 69 : Feb 1994
Nothing 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 felt behaviorism might hol...
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Forced Eruption: An Alternative to Extraction or Periodontal Surgery
Volume 26 : Number 3 : Page 146 : 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 ...
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Trimming Study Models for Photocopying
Volume 25 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1991
Orthodontists are required by law to keep patient records for a certain period of time--often indefinitely. The bulk and weight of plaster dental casts can create significant storage problems. If phot...
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PEARLS
Preventing Unwanted Mesial Root Tip on Mandibular First Premolars
Volume 55 : Number 12 : Page 769 : Dec 2021
Mesial root tipping of a lower first premolar often occurs during treatment because of improper bracket placement. This Pearl illustrates how a simple addition of distal root tip before light curing can prevent such positioning errors.
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Product News in the December 2024 Issue
Volume 58 : Number 12 : Page 794 : Dec 2024
PRODUCT NEWS is presented as a service to the reader and in no way implies endorsement by JCO.
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Macintosh Program for Submitting TMD Insurance Claims
Volume 27 : Number 5 : Page 264 : May 1993
Most orthodontists who treat patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) know the frustration of submitting claims for insurance reimbursement. It is often unclear whether a patient's insurance ev...
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Biomechanical Guidelines for Headgear Application
Volume 16 : Number 5 : Page 308 : May 1982
The efficient use of the headgear requires a sound knowledge of basic biomechanics. Understanding how to control the direction and magnitude of the forces produced by various headgear designs is param...
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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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THE READERS' CORNER
Most Efficient Treatment Methods and Office Location
Volume 28 : Number 12 : Page 725 : Dec 1994
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 mechani...
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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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Overhead Reduction: Is Bigger Always Better?
Volume 28 : Number 1 : Page 21 : 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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