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Volume 2 : Number 4 : Page 158 : Apr 1968
I have often heard an orthodontist say that getting just one good idea out of a course or a meeting or a book made the whole thing worthwhile. He could spend hundreds of dollars and days of time and b...
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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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Volume 9 : Number 11 : Page 713 : Nov 1975
Experience with the computerized timing headgear in the treatment of over two hundred cases in my office has produced some interesting new information about its use and its impact on an orthodontic pr...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Volume 32 : Number 3 : Page 181 : Mar 1998
For several years I have been hearing about a relatively new concept in orthodontic patient care. The basic idea is that the office assigns a specific staff member to work with each patient, as chairs...
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ALIGNER CORNER
Management of Impacted Canines Using Clear Aligners
Volume 58 : Number 10 : Page 591 : Oct 2024
Drs. Sabouni, Azami, and Nanda present three cases that demonstrate the use of auxiliaries, including lingual Caplin hooks, buccal composite buttons, and a segment of lingual brackets, to overcome the biomechanical limitations of clear aligners in the treatment of impacted canines.
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CASE REPORT
Volume 58 : Number 8 : Page 474 : Aug 2024
In this case report, Drs. Palone, Guiducci, Albertini, Cremonini, and Lombardo treat a skeletal Class III case with a two-phase approach involving the SKAR III protocol and a facemask in Phase I and clear aligners in Phase II.
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Organizing an Office Construction Project
Volume 53 : Number 6 : Page 335 : Jun 2019
Dr. Robert Haeger guides the reader through a step-by-step process of documenting computer equipment, specifying common designer items, developing a contractor checklist, creating a construction budget, and adding the payments to a personal expense model. Useful Excel worksheets are provided with the online version.
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Organizing an Office Construction Project
Volume 53 : Number 6 : Page 335 : Aug 2019
Dr. Robert Haeger guides the reader through a step-by-step process of documenting computer equipment, specifying common designer items, developing a contractor checklist, creating a construction budget, and adding the payments to a personal expense model. Useful Excel worksheets are provided with the online version.
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Cost-Effective Computerization
Volume 20 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1986
Many orthodontists have not computerized their business functions because of expense or the office disruption they think will accompany the process. In my case, I had established noncomputerized busin...
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Practice Planning: A Team Effort
Volume 23 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1989
No orthodontist would undertake treatment without a treatment plan. No orthodontist should conduct a practice without a practice plan--a written statement of where you want your practice to go and how...
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THE READERS' CORNER
Compliance and In-Office Laboratory
Volume 31 : Number 10 : Page 685 : Oct 1997
What percentage of your patients do you feel are uncooperative? Readers were asked to respond in six categories, and the mean percentages of non-compliant patients were: keeping appointments, 13%; ora...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Securing Bands to an Alginate Impression
Volume 27 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1993
82-jco-img-f1.jpgWhen sending models to the laboratory for fabrication of appliances such as palatal expanders, I was often unhappy with the fit of the finished products. My technique, as with many or...
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CLINICAL AID
Sealing Palatal Expansion Screws with Light-Cured Adhesive
Volume 27 : Number 5 : Page 254 : May 1993
Orthodontists have traditionally used either metal ligature ties or quick-cure acrylic to seal rapid palatal expansion screws after full activation. Light-cured adhesives now provide a faster, neater ...
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PEARLS
Volume 40 : Number 10 : Page 621 : Oct 2006
Orthodontists and liability insurers have long been aware of the potential for patient injury from headgear wear. Snap-away devices are commonly used with Kloehn-style facebows, but many of us prefer ...
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Retromolar Miniscrew Implants for Class III Camouflage Treatment
Volume 47 : Number 12 : Page 706 : Dec 2013
Patients with skeletal Class III malocclusions who have little or no growth remaining can be especially challenging to treat when they reject a combined surgical-orthodontic approach. In such cases, c...
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CASE REPORT
Nonsurgical Correction of Class III Malocclusion and Anterior Open Bite with Mini-Implant Anchorage
Volume 52 : Number 11 : Page 629 : Nov 2018
The combination of mandibular prognathism with anterior open bite in an adult patient has traditionally required surgical-orthodontic correction. As this case shows, skeletal anchorage now enables orthodontic molar intrusion to close the open bite by counterclockwise mandibular rotation.
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Volume 54 : Number 12 : Page 746 : Dec 2020
Dr. Ruíz-Mora and colleagues illustrate a four-step approach for eruption of bilateral impacted upper canines associated with severe incisor root resorption, using a customized palatal anchorage device and transalveolar nickel titanium closed-coil springs. Two adult case examples are provided.
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CASE REPORT
Retreatment of a Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Using Mandibular Extra-Alveolar Mini-Implants
Volume 55 : Number 9 : Page 561 : Sep 2021
Extra-alveolar skeletal anchorage in the mandibular buccal shelf can allow the entire mandibular dentition to be distalized, avoiding the need for extractions, Class III elastics, or other compensatory strategies, as a case report illustrates.
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Effects of Icon Treatment and Bleaching on the Color of Enamel with Induced White-Spot Lesions
Volume 57 : Number 5 : Page 298 : May 2023
In a study of extracted premolars, Dr. El Tanany and colleagues evaluate color changes in enamel with white-spot lesions after Icon infiltration, after application of a bleaching agent, after bleaching followed by Icon infiltration, and after an acid challenge.
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Volume 29 : Number 12 : Page 673 : Dec 1996
Since the introduction of the positioner by Kesling in 1945, various methods of fabrication from elastic materials including rubber, thermo plastic vinyl, and resin have been de scribed.1,2 In 1977, a...
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