Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
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Supercable and the SPEED System
Volume 32 : Number 4 : Page 246 : Apr 1998
The ideal initial archwire has superior strength and flexibility, resists permanent deformation, and maximizes both patient comfort and physiologic tooth movement. The limited flexibility of the origi...
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Uprighting Molars with Twisted Superelastic Nickel Titanium Wires
Volume 35 : Number 2 : Page 100 : Feb 2001
Buccally or lingually tipped molars are traditionally uprighted by torquing them in small increments of 10-25° on rectangular stainless steel archwires. Heat-treated Elgiloy* (CoCr) wires have better...
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Lingual Straightwire Treatment with the Orapix System
Volume 45 : Number 9 : Page 488 : Sep 2011
Because of the necessity to incorporate numerous in-out bends to compensate for differences in tooth thickness, Fujita described his original lingual concept in 1979 as the "mushroom archwire".1 To re...
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A Protocol for Torque Selection with Passive Self-Ligating Brackets
Volume 54 : Number 7 : Page 392 : Jul 2020
Drs. Balut, Hernández, Soto, and Pérez recommend positive, negative, or standard torque values to minimize the undesirable side effects of anterior self-ligating brackets in treating various types of Class I, Class II, Class III, and open-bite cases.
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Volume 58 : Number 1 : Page 48 : Jan 2024
In a case presented by Drs. Kravitz and Mahn, an adult patient loses a central-incisor interdental papilla after a segmented Le Fort I osteotomy and subsequent periodontal osseous surgery. Multiple papilla regeneration surgeries and cosmetic dentistry are required to resolve the situation.
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Precision Placement of Edgelok Brackets
Volume 7 : Number 4 : Page 257 : Apr 1973
Edgelok brackets were originally available only prewelded to band material or to preformed bands. Although the brackets could be ordered welded at predetermined positions and angulations, these could ...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Lyman E. Wagers on Mixed Dentition Begg Treatment
Volume 12 : Number 9 : Page 631 : Sep 1978
631-jco-img-24.jpgJCO You advocate preorthodontic guidance as well as Begg treatment in the mixed dentition as a part of early intervention.DR. WAGERS Yes. Young patients who have a developing maloccl...
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Indirect-Bonded Bite Plate to Prevent Impingement on Ceramic Brackets
Volume 26 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1992
When the upper teeth occlude on lower ceramic brackets in deep-bite cases, the extremely hard ceramic material can cause significant enamel wear, or the brackets can be sheared off by the occlusal for...
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Direct Bonding with Light-Cured Adhesive Precoated Brackets
Volume 26 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1992
The recent introduction of adhesive precoated (APC) ceramic and metal brackets (Fig. 1) offers several advantages over previous light-curing and direct-bonding methods: Consistent quality and quantity...
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Volume 30 : Number 8 : Page 447 : Aug 1996
The Nance appliance is widely employed to maintain arch length and provide anchorage for distalization.1-7 All Nance appliances include an acrylic button in the area of the rugae palatinae to provide ...
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Maxillary Arch Considerations in Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Volume 16 : Number 3 : Page 168 : Mar 1982
Traditionally, orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning involve an evaluation of skeletodental relationships, with particular emphasis on the mandibular arch. Notable examples of formalized analys...
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Adjuncts to Bioprogressive Therapy: A Palatal Expansion Appliance for Non-Compliance Therapy
Volume 25 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1991
Class II malocclusions are virtually impossible correct without expanding the upper arch. The very etiology of Class II malocclusion implies a narrow upper arch, mesially rotated upper molars, blocked...
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Mechanical Analysis of Class II Elastics
Volume 29 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1995
Class II elastics are designed to exert an anteroposterior force on maxillary teeth and a postero-anterior force on the mandibular arch. Because the force is usually not parallel to the occlusal plane...
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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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THE READERS' CORNER
Indirect Bonding and Invisalign
Volume 38 : Number 10 : Page 543 : Oct 2004
Do you use indirect bonding? What do you find are the advantages and disadvantages of indirect bonding? Only 12% of the respondents indicated that they used indirect bonding. Accordingly, most of the ...
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"Real-Time" Soft-Tissue Changes in Skeletal Open-Bite Patients during Posterior Intrusion
Volume 60 : Number 3 : Page 156 : Mar 2026
Using three-dimensional stereophotogrammetry, the authors track facial soft-tissue changes during TAD-supported posterior intrusion in skeletal open-bite patients. The study highlights the timing and variability of soft-tissue response, with implications for treatment planning, patient communication, and retention.
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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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