Search Results For: 'orthodontics'
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Mesialslider for Treatment of Congenitally Missing Upper Lateral Incisors
Volume 58 : Number 8 : Page 489 : Aug 2024
The Mesialslider enables clinicians to protract the posterior teeth without unintended changes in tooth positions. Drs. Campoy Ferrer, Northway, and Wilmes present the use of this appliance to treat a 16-year-old patient with missing upper lateral incisors.
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ALIGNER CORNER
Volume 59 : Number 3 : Page 166 : Mar 2025
In this edition of the Aligner Corner, the authors describe the use of the Invisalign system’s mandibular advancement feature to treat a Class II, division 1 malocclusion, assisted by bootstrap elastics for the extrusion of ectopic canines.
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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.
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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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Volume 9 : Number 12 : Page 749 : Dec 1975
Physiologic drift is defined as the natural migration of teeth, with no applied force, into space created by extraction, congenital absence, decay, proximal grinding, or orthodontic tooth movement. Ph...
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A Simplified Approach to Demanding Anchorage Cases
Volume 2 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Sep 1968
Treatment of Class II malocclusions varies almost from year to year. A questionnaire to ten different orthodontists in ten different sections of the country would probably reveal ten different approac...
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Datamedic: A Computer Billing System
Volume 8 : Number 10 : Page 562 : Oct 1974
I suppose there are a lot of orthodontists who, like myself, have recognized the need for some form of automated billing system. The problem is in finding the one that is right for a particular practi...
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Volume 27 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1993
The topics include functional appliances and employee evaluations.1. In what percentage of your cases do you use functional appliances? Seventy-three percent of the readers reported using functional a...
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The Geometry of Class II Correction with Extractions
Volume 35 : Number 9 : Page 570 : Sep 2001
Notwithstanding the criticism of today's nonextraction advocates, the extraction of teeth often results in more realistic treatment plans, better therapy, and superior function.1 For some patients, th...
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THE READERS' CORNER
Non-Compliance Appliances and Fee Payments
Volume 38 : Number 4 : Page 211 : Apr 2004
Do you use non-compliance appliances? Seventy percent of the clinicians reported that they "sometimes" used non-compliance devices;8% "always" used them, and 3% "never" used them. Under what circumsta...
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Success and Failure with the Positioner Appliance Report of 100 Cases
Volume 2 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Dec 1968
506-jco-img-0.jpgThe Tooth Positioner Appliance was originated by Dr. Harold Kesling of Westville, Indiana. The profession is indebted to Dr. Kesling for its development and for many of the refinement...
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Diagnostic Block Cephalometrics, Part 1
Volume 18 : Number 6 : Page 400 : Jun 1984
Cephalometrics has been called a "numbers game" and a search for "sacred numbers" that would dictate a consistently reliable analysis. This search has proven futile, since all cephalometric measuremen...
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Volume 13 : Number 7 : Page 439 : Jul 1979
In November of 1978, the voters in Oregon with a 78% affirmative vote passed an initiative to license and regulate denturists. Dental laboratory technicians, dealing directly with the public in Oregon...
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A New Approach to Staying on Time
Volume 26 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1992
Running on time is a primary concern in my practice, as it is for most orthodontists. It seems that the farther behind we are, the higher the frustration level becomes throughout the office. Patients ...
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LETTERS
Volume 30 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1996
I was very interested to read the recent Case Report, "Treatment of Adult Midline Deviation by Condylar Repositioning", by Dr. Fred Schudy (JCO, June 1996). I feel compelled to respond for a number of...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 32 : Number 6 : Page 345 : Jun 1998
Although several authors have recently explored the concept of the placebo,1-3 there is scant evidence that dentists generally or orthodontists specifically have given much heed to the topic, apart fr...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Homer W. Phillips on Bonding, Part 1
Volume 14 : Number 6 : Page 391 : Jun 1980
DR. GOTTLIEB Do you think that bonding has arrived as a substitute for orthodontic banding?DR. PHILLIPS I definitely do. Many simple everyday things that we take for granted have evolved because someo...
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Volume 4 : Number 5 : Page 264 : May 1970
Many busy orthodontists are faced with the problem of repairing broken lingual arches. Usually this procedure involves taking an impression, removing well-fitting molar bands, and then placing separat...
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Cutting Your Band/Bracket Inventory Expense
Volume 11 : Number 1 : Page 64 : Jan 1977
Every time I looked at our 16 drawer band cart I was reminded of the tremendous investment which was sitting waiting for teeth which might never appear. Like most orthodontists, I had enough experienc...
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An Effective Unilateral Facebow
Volume 16 : Number 1 : Page 60 : Jan 1982
It is well known that it is more difficult to treat a unilateral Class II than a bilateral Class II. In fact, many orthodontists have said that the way to treat a unilateral Class II is to treat it bi...
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