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CASE REPORT
Controlled Tooth Eruption for Restoration of a Local Gingival Defect
Volume 26 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1992
Single-tooth gingival recession in the upper arch is a major esthetic problem, especially when the patient has a high lip line at rest or in smiling.1 Treatment options include a fixed crown or bridge...
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Generalized Idiopathic External Root Resorption
Volume 27 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1993
Root resorption is not in itself an unusual finding; a slight amount of root resorption may be present in all secondary teeth.1 Although a patient may complain that a tooth has suddenly loosened, it c...
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Essix Technology for the Fabrication of Temporary Anterior Bridges
Volume 28 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1994
Essix removable appliances snap into place and are retained, without clasps, by the natural undercuts gingival to the anterior contact points. These clear, thin cuspid-to-cuspid appliances are made fr...
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Air-Rotor Stripping with the Essix Anterior Anchor
Volume 30 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1996
Air-rotor stripping (ARS) involves reducing interproximal enamel in the buccal sections (as much as 1mm per contact point), and then moving the teeth distally, like beads on a string, until the space ...
3185.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 32 : Number 9 : Page 521 : Sep 1998
Patients and doctors often think of inflammation as a simple symptom, but it frequently becomes an integral and active feature of disease and, in a vicious cycle, perpetuates the ailment that it is si...
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Alignment of Impacted Canines with Cantilevers and Box Loops
Volume 33 : Number 2 : Page 82 : Feb 1999
The availability of new materials has stimulated the development of various appliance designs for alignment of impacted canines. Superelastic wires, elastic threads, and chain elastics have made pread...
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The K-9 Spring for Alignment of Impacted Canines
Volume 34 : Number 10 : Page 606 : Oct 2000
Ectopic eruption and impaction of the maxillary permanent canines occurs in about 2% of orthodontic patients.1-4 Impactions are twice as common in females as in males,5 and the incidence of palatal ...
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A New, Encapsulated Glass Ionomer for Band Cementation
Volume 35 : Number 7 : Page 413 : Jul 2001
Enamel demineralization is more commonly associated with cemented bands than with bonded brackets.1-3 The properties of conventional orthodontic cements, including high solubility in oral fluids and ...
3189.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 37 : Number 2 : Page 61 : Feb 2003
I recently attended a daylong talk by a noted speaker who has been on the orthodontic lecture circuit for more than 30 years. I had seen most of the material that he presented on a number of previous ...
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A New Eruption Attachment for Impacted Teeth
Volume 38 : Number 9 : Page 496 : Sep 2004
The closed eruption technique requires traction to be applied to an attachment on the crown of the impacted tooth.1-3 Because amalgams, pins, and lassoes tend to damage the enamel, clinicians now pref...
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A New Indirect Bonding Technique for Lingual Retainers
Volume 38 : Number 12 : Page 652 : Dec 2004
The first bonded fixed retainers were made with plain round or rectangular orthodontic wires.1-5 Zachrisson showed, however, that the irregular surfaces of multistranded stainless steel wires offered ...
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Autotransplantation of Impacted Canines
Volume 39 : Number 1 : Page 31 : Jan 2005
Autotransplantation of teeth is a treatment option in cases of agenesis, ectopic eruption, trauma, or other pathology.1,2 Autotransplanted teeth are better substitutes than fixed or removable prosthes...
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Treatment of Bimaxillary Protrusion Using Fiber-Reinforced Composite
Volume 41 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 2007
Treatment of bimaxillary dentoalveolar protrusion often involves the extraction of four first premolars.1 Since these patients often have Class I molar relationships, the objective is usually to reduc...
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A Simplified Stent for Anterior Miniscrew Insertion
Volume 41 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 2007
Anterior miniscrews are now widely used for incisor intrusion and posterior dental protraction. Interradicular placement of orthodontic miniscrews in the anterior region can be particularly challengin...
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A Precise Wire Guide for Positioning Interradicular Miniscrews
Volume 41 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 2007
Advantages of miniscrews over endosseous implants in cases requiring skeletal anchorage include their smaller size and lower cost, a wider range of implantation sites, ease of insertion and removal, t...
3196.
CASE REPORT
Correction of Asymmetry with a Mandibular Propulsion Appliance
Volume 42 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 2008
This article describes the correction of dental and skeletal asymmetry1-4 with the use of a unilateral fixed mandibular propulsion appliance. Diagnosis and Treatment Plan A 12-year-old female was refe...
3197.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Fine-Tuning Our Treatment of Deep Bites
Volume 42 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 2008
A deep overbite is one of the most common malocclusions in orthodontic practice. The occurrence of traumatic occlusion due to a deep bite is fortunately rare, but when it does happen, the results can ...
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Attachment of Intermaxillary Elastics to Thermoformed Aligners
Volume 43 : Number 1 : Page 34 : Jan 2009
Although intermaxillary elastics are most commonly used with fixed orthodontic appliances, they can also be used with removable, thermoformed appliances such as Essix* or Invisalign**. This article de...
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CASE REPORT
Maxillary Canine-First Premolar Transposition in the Permanent Dentition
Volume 43 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 2009
Transposition of two adjacent teeth is an eruption anomaly of uncertain etiology.1,2 Three different treatment approaches have been described: alignment of the involved teeth in their transposed posit...
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Indirect Fabrication of a Transpalatal Arch Supported by a Temporary Anchorage Device
Volume 44 : Number 4 : Page 266 : Apr 2010
Because of their versatility, palatal temporary anchorage devices (TADs) can be used for various types of orthodontic tooth movement. This article describes a method for precise indirect transfer of t...
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