Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
3061.
TECHNIQUE CLINIC
A Simplified Diagnostic Technique
Volume 13 : Number 2 : Page 128 : Feb 1979
Traditionally, diagnostic setups have been prepared by sawing the models through the root areas and separating the teeth by hand. The dental units are then repositioned and sealed in place with heated...
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JCO Visits Rocky Mountain Data Systems
Volume 9 : Number 12 : Page 776 : Dec 1975
The Editor went to Sherman Oaks, California to visit Rocky Mountain Data Systems to discuss computerized cephalometric analysis with its President, Bob Schulhof, and to try to clarify what this servic...
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Volume 21 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1987
Topics include oral hygiene and insurance.1. What are your typical oral hygiene instructions for patients with fixed appliances ? All offices reported that their patients were given oral hygiene instr...
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Volume 23 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1989
Topics are patient cooperation and upper first molar rotations.1. Do you have a method for identifying uncooperative patients before treatment? About 80% of the respondents said they had no particular...
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An Accurate, Inexpensive Headgear Timer
Volume 25 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1991
Lack of patient cooperation can ruin the best treatment planning and mechanics.1-5 To promote and measure compliance with extraoral traction,6 a timing headgear was developed by the Aledyne Corporatio...
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A Rapid Molar Intruder for "Non-Compliance" Treatment
Volume 36 : Number 3 : Page 137 : Mar 2002
New mechanics and clinical techniques that do not require special patient compliance have achieved control of the maxillary arch in two dimensions--sagittal and transverse. One important orthodontic m...
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Troubleshooting the Herbst Appliance
Volume 36 : Number 5 : Page 268 : May 2002
The Herbst* is one of the most popular appliances used today for Class II correction because it is durable and fixed, and therefore does not require special patient cooperation. Although problems are...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Communicating with "No Future Appointment" Patients
Volume 42 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 2008
Have you ever spoken with your scheduling coordinator about how much time is spent following up on missed appointments? You would probably be surprised by the amount of time it takes to track down bus...
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Volume 21 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1987
This month's topics are staff meetings and debanding sequences.1. Describe typical staff meetings in your office. How often do you hold them? Most offices reported holding their staff meetings once a ...
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Volume 1 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1967
149-jco-img-0.jpgMultipart Forms This is the fourth article in a series in which Dr. Dimond is presenting his office management, patient management, and orthodontic treatment procedures. I use a carbo...
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Volume 2 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1968
Uncrossing a lingually locked upper anterior tooth (Fig. 1) using a Hawley bite plate with a recurved spring lingual to the tooth to be moved will frequently result in the intrusion of that tooth (Fig...
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Volume 2 : Number 7 : Page 337 : Sep 1968
Begg lightwire therapy and modifications of it have been practiced widely since Dr. Begg first wrote about it almost fifteen years ago and since he introduced it to the United States almost ten years ...
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Volume 2 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Nov 1968
You probably have noticed that JPO has taken an approach to case reports that is a departure from tradition. In the report in the September issue and in the one in this issue, the case is presented to...
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Standardized Intraoral Photography
Volume 3 : Number 5 : Page 239 : May 1969
The use of intraoral photography in orthodontic practice has been increasing. It is considered that records of an orthodontic patient are not complete without intraoral photographs at least at the beg...
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CLINICAL AID
Volume 4 : Number 2 : Page 108 : Feb 1970
A ligature holder is a great convenience and can either obviate the need for an assistant to hand ligatures to the operator or free the assistant for other duties. A simple ligature holder can be made...
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Importance of Timing in Dealing with Impacted Teeth
Volume 5 : Number 9 : Page 514 : Sep 1971
To demonstrate the importance of timing in dealing with impacted teeth, I have selected an unusual case. This was an eleven-year-old girl with a horizontally impacted lower second bicuspid (Fig. 1). S...
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Volume 7 : Number 10 : Page 646 : Oct 1973
Maintaining a sufficient inventory of supplies without investing an excessive amount of capital and keeping an accurate record of ordering are necessary for the efficient operation of an office. Use o...
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Volume 11 : Number 12 : Page 810 : Dec 1977
Jim Henry was a nineteen-year-old sophomore attending Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Merchants in that small town had agreed some years ago that there should be only one Santa Claus i...
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Improved Laboratory Procedure for Indirect Bonding
Volume 13 : Number 7 : Page 472 : Jul 1979
In this technique, laboratory adhesive (Unitek Corporation) is used for indirect bonding of brackets. 472-jco-img-0.jpgStep 1 The dental cast is marked for proper height and angulation. 472-jco-img-1....
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Volume 15 : Number 5 : Page 351 : May 1981
Cervical headgear therapy has played an important role in Class II mixed dentition treatment. While controversy still exists as to the precise effect of cervical headgear, it is often relied upon in C...
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