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Improving Incisor Torque Control with Nickel Titanium Torque Bars
Volume 33 : Number 4 : Page 224 : Apr 1999
Although rectangular archwires in edgewise bracket slots are an effective means of providing static tooth control, they are an inefficient method of delivering continuous and progressive torquing forc...
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JCO Interviews Dr. C. Norman Shealy on Holistic Health, Part 1
Volume 15 : Number 8 : Page 536 : Aug 1981
DR. GOTTLIEB Norm, I think our readers ought to know your background. DR. SHEALY At age 16 I knew that I was going to be a neurosurgeon. My plan was to be a professor of neurological surgery and do re...
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THE READERS' CORNER
Volume 39 : Number 4 : Page 219 : Apr 2005
What percentage of your active patients are adults? What percentage of your adult patients are female? The respondents' mean percentage of adult patients was 25%, with a low of around 20% and a high o...
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THE READERS' CORNER
Pretreatment Observation Systems
Volume 53 : Number 2 : Page 117 : Feb 2019
This month’s topic involves pretreatment observation and recall systems. JCO readers respond to questions involving categories of recall patients, reappointment procedures, insurance coverage, fees, and internal marketing. Tips are presented for maintaining communication with observation patients and their families.
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Clinical Management of the Jasper Jumper
Volume 25 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1991
Patient cooperation is a never-ending concern for orthodontists. Removable appliances leave the orthodontist totally dependent on the patient, and bonded functional appliances present hygiene and clea...
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Volume 26 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1992
This month's topics are positioner appliances and employee embezzlement.1. In what percentage of your cases do you use a positioner appliance?Although 77% of the respondents said they used positioners...
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The Universal Appliance Today, Part I
Volume 3 : Number 11 : Page 582 : Nov 1969
The Universal Appliance was developed by Dr. Spencer R. Atkinson in 1928. It has undergone periodic refinements up to this day, keeping up with changing techniques, without losing its essential charac...
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Volume 6 : Number 3 : Page 161 : Mar 1972
There is, residing in a town which is neighbor to my own, a man named Itzhak Rabine. Now, I must tell you that his name is not really Itzhak Rabine. I have changed the name to honor the privacy of the...
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Volume 8 : Number 9 : Page 518 : Sep 1974
Orthodontic treatment with full-banded-appliances can become habitual and we can sometimes overlook the objective of striving for the simplest and most direct treatment in all cases. There are situati...
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Improving the "Brakes" for the Begg Technique
Volume 15 : Number 3 : Page 199 : Mar 1981
One of the unique features of the Begg system is that all the anchorage requirements are derived intraorally. It is without doubt a very efficient and versatile system. This has been amply demonstrate...
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Modified Splint Design for Two-Jaw Surgery
Volume 16 : Number 9 : Page 619 : Sep 1982
We now have the ability to alter the maxillomandibular complex in all three planes of space, and it is common to perform maxillary and mandibular osteotomies during the same surgical procedure. Whenev...
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Bond Failure Rates of Facial and Lingual Attachments
Volume 17 : Number 3 : Page 165 : Mar 1983
Since the introduction of bonding of brackets for orthodontic treatment, several clinical reports have compared the failure rates of various adhesives and brackets placed on the facial surfaces of tee...
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Volume 19 : Number 8 : Page 570 : Aug 1985
The invisible retainer of Ponitz1 can be used either at the end of orthodontic treatment or as a transitional retainer between certain stages of treatment. For example, a phase of fixed appliance ther...
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Volume 20 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1986
The utility arch has multiple uses in various stages of orthodontic treatment. This auxiliary archwire has been developed according to biomechanical principles described by Burstone1,2 and refined for...
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Banding with a Glass Ionomer Cement
Volume 22 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1988
Although zinc phosphate cement has good working characteristics, its high solubility is disadvantageous for orthodontic banding. Microleakage, incomplete adhesion to hard tooth substances, and deminer...
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In Vivo Remineralization after Air-Rotor Stripping
Volume 25 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1991
Both extraction and expansion therapies tend to lengthen active treatment in order to close extraction spaces or to coordinate expanded arches.1 Interproximal stripping, on the other hand, can shorten...
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Modified Lingual Lever Arm Technique
Volume 27 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1993
The adaptability of the periodontal tissue to orthodontic forces declines with age.1 Therefore, any adult patient should undergo periodontal examination prior to and during orthodontic treatment, and ...
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The Distal Jet for Upper Molar Distalization
Volume 30 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1996
Several methods have recently been proposed to distalize maxillary molars in Class II cases without the need for patient cooperation. These include repelling magnets,1,2 superelastic nickel titanium c...
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Volume 30 : Number 11 : Page 640 : Nov 1996
The space available for eruption of the lower second and third molars depends on several factors: resorption on the anterior border of the ramus, mesial migration of the lower dentition in postnatal d...
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En Masse Retraction of the Anterior Teeth Using a Modified Bidimensional Technique
Volume 46 : Number 5 : Page 267 : May 2012
In 1970, Schudy and Schudy described the Bimetric System, a fixed orthodontic appliance incorporating two bracket slot sizes.1 Some years later, Gianelly modified this system to develop the Bidimensio...
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