Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
3561.
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...
3563.
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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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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Direct Bonding with Light-Cured Adhesive Precoated Brackets
Volume 26 : Number 8 : Page 477 : 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 quanti...
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Indirect-Bonded Bite Plate to Prevent Impingement on Ceramic Brackets
Volume 26 : Number 4 : Page 253 : 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...
3571.
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...
3580.
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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