Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
3701.
CASE REPORT
Nonsurgical Management of an Anterior Open Bite in a Young Adult
Volume 59 : Number 6 : Page 20250601 : Jun 2025
The 2025 JCO Student of the Year addresses an anterior open bite potentially caused by occlusal splint wear with a nonsurgical approach involving strategic use of elastics and extraction of the lower left incisor.
3702.
CASE REPORT
Volume 59 : Number 8 : Page 518 : Aug 2025
Drs. Chang, Azami, Chen, and Yadav discuss the case of a patient with this rare skeletal dysplasia who presented with a geminated upper right central incisor and multiple supernumeraries, enabling a unique treatment approach involving two tooth substitutions.
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Where Teeth Should Be Positioned in the Face and Jaws and How To Get Them There
Volume 31 : Number 9 : Page 586 : Sep 1997
Contrary to conventional thought, the optimum position of the teeth in the face should be determined by the position of the maxillary incisors, rather than the mandibular incisors. To achieve optimum ...
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A Practical Approach to the Tongue Thrust Problem
Volume 2 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1968
Orthodontists are aware that habits must be eliminated, preferably before instituting mechanotherapy. A practical approach to the tongue thrust problem, which has proven most effective in my practice,...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Volume 5 : Number 2 : Page 82 : Feb 1971
1. Trimming Unless models are trimmed in a standard way, there is no real basis for comparison and especially no judgment about what happened to the inclination of the upper anterior teeth in treatmen...
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Volume 15 : Number 1 : Page 68 : Jan 1981
In their present design, positioners are not very comfortable. The result is that many patients do not wear positioners as prescribed, and teeth are not retained well nor improved in position. Many or...
3707.
CLINICAL AID
Elastomeric Ligature Dispensers
Volume 26 : Number 4 : Page 238 : Apr 1992
Elastomeric ligatures represent a cross-contamination problem that many orthodontists have yet to address. One proposed solution is to cut canes of ligatures into individual patient segments of 10 to ...
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Pain-Free Debonding with Occlusal Rim Wax
Volume 28 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1994
Orthodontists have tried several techniques to mitigate the pain associated with debonding. It is axiomatic that the better stabilized the teeth are, the better they are able to resist the torsional d...
3709.
TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Volume 30 : Number 1 : Page 14 : Jan 1996
Clinicians often find it difficult to estimate the lengths of wire needed for archwires--particularly when using initial or multistranded wires, which may require extra length to engage severely malal...
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Simple, Quick, and Inexpensive Maxillary Molar Anchorage
Volume 32 : Number 1 : Page 24 : Jan 1998
The preservation of maxillary molar anchorage, either after molar distalization or as an adjunct to bicuspid extraction therapy, remains one of orthodontists' most persistent and troubling technical p...
3711.
Fixed Active Retainer for Minor Anterior Tooth Movement
Volume 34 : Number 1 : Page 48 : Jan 2000
Orthodontists are often required to treat simple malocclusions involving only rotations and crowding of the anterior teeth, due to either normal physiological development or relapse of earlier treat...
3712.
BOOK REVIEWS
A Color Atlas of Orofacial Health & Disease in Children and Adolescents
Volume 36 : Number 8 : Page 460 : Aug 2002
CRISPIAN SCULLY, CBE, MD, PHD, MDS, MRCS, FDS RCS, FDS RCSE, FDS RCPS, FFD RCSI, FRCPath, FMedSciRICHARD WELBURY, PHD, MB BS, FDS RCS, FDS RCPSCATHERINE FLAITZ, DDS, MSOSLEI PAES de ALMEIDA, PHD, DDS2...
3713.
BOOK REVIEWS
Endodontics: Problem-Solving in Clinical Practice
Volume 36 : Number 10 : Page 585 : Oct 2002
T.R. PITT FORD, BDS, PHD, FDS RCPSJ.S. RHODES, BDS, MSC, MRD RCS, MFGDPH.E. PITT FORD, FDS RCS207 pages. $99.95. 2002.Martin Dunitz, London; distributed by Thieme New York333 Seventh Ave.New York, NY...
3714.
The Hybrid Core System for Indirect Bonding
Volume 37 : Number 3 : Page 160 : Mar 2003
No matter which indirect bonding method one chooses, the precise transfer of the bracket from the plaster cast to the patient's tooth is the critical factor.1,2 We have long used silicone to make indi...
3715.
PEARLS
Active Nickel Titanium Lingual Retainer for Minor Tooth Movement
Volume 51 : Number 5 : Page 308 : May 2018
Incisor crowding can relapse even when lingual retainers are bonded or when patients are dedicated in wearing removable retainers. This Pearl reviews the use of an “active” nickel titanium lingual retainer to achieve minor recorrections without the need for compliance.
3716.
PEARLS
Attachment of Class II Elastics in Patients with Missing Lower First Molars
Volume 56 : Number 6 : Page 351 : Jun 2022
JCO’s new Associate Editor for Pearls presents an option for elastic attachment in the absence of a mandibular first molar on one side, using a nickel titanium open-coil spring and a molar tube placed along the archwire.
3717.
Keys to Success in Lingual Therapy, Part 2
Volume 20 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1986
Key 5Double Over Ties on Anterior TeethConventional ligation does not exert a proper parallel force vector with the amount of force required to seat or adequately hold the archwire in anterior lingual...
3718.
Patient Responses to Lingual Appliances
Volume 20 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1986
Although the lingual appliance has received considerable attention in the United States,1-5 little has been reported on patient responses. This study was undertaken to determine personality profiles o...
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A Non-Extraction Treatment with the Edgewise Appliance
Volume 3 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1969
The purpose of this paper is to present a procedure for the treatment of non-extraction cases which varies from "pure Tweed" treatment but still is consistent with those basic principles of the Tweed ...
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Practical Points to Practice Efficiency, Part 2
Volume 9 : Number 9 : Page 543 : Sep 1975
The first installment of this article appeared in the August issue of JCO. New Patient Procedures As I examine the new patient in the examination room, my secretary takes notes on all pertinent inform...
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