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Volume 1 : Number 3 : Page 120 : Nov 1967
1% a Month Interest ChargeQ Many department stores and gasoline companies charge interest at 1% a month on balances unpaid after 30 days. Last month my gardener started doing this. My first reaction w...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 7 : Page 409 : Jul 2001
The facial photographs that most orthodontists take for before-and-after records can play an important part in the diagnostic process. Although frontal analysis is generally neglected, both a frontal ...
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Understanding "Flip, Don't Switch"
Volume 59 : Number 10 : Page 674 : Oct 2025
Drs. Kravitz, Miller, Valverde, Weissheimer, and Akyalçin clarify the frequently misunderstood mnemonic for reversing a bracket’s torque and show how it can be applied to add labial root torque to palatally displaced upper lateral incisors, improve lower incisor root positions, and adjust canine torque.
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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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Bond Strengths of Two Resin-Modified Glass Polyalkenoate Cements under Different Surface Conditions
Volume 32 : Number 5 : Page 299 : May 1998
There has recently been an increasing interest in the use of glass polyalkenoate (glass ionomer) cements as orthodontic adhesives.1-4 Conventional glass polyalkenoate cements offer long-term fluoride ...
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CASE REPORT
Ectopic Eruption of Mandibular Incisors
Volume 32 : Number 11 : Page 657 : Nov 1998
Ectopically erupting mandibular lateral incisors tend to become transposed with the adjacent cuspids and thus seem to warrant early orthodontic intervention. Early treatment may obviate later extracti...
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A Computerized Tooth-Width Analysis
Volume 33 : Number 9 : Page 498 : Sep 1999
Tooth-width ratios are used diagnostically to quantify the harmony between the mandibular and maxillary arches. A number of analyses have been developed to compare the tooth-width ratios of malocclusi...
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Chairside Technique for the Eruption of Ectopic Maxillary Molars
Volume 33 : Number 11 : Page 637 : Nov 1999
The incidence of ectopic maxillary molar eruption has been reported to be about 2-6% of the general population.1-22 Siblings of children with ectopic eruption have an increased risk,12 as do children...
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