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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 27 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1993
A Farewell to SymmetryThis past winter a huge storm of a scope greater than the blizzard of 1888 lashed the entire East Coast of the United States with cyclonic winds and buried it under mountains of ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Can We Manage Without Managed Health Care?
Volume 28 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1994
Can We Manage Without Managed Health Care? Proponents of national universal health-care schemes point out that the United States is the only nation in the Western world that does not have such a progr...
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Use of Finite Element Analysis in Assessing Stress Distribution During Debonding
Volume 29 : Number 11 : Page 714 : Nov 1995
Bonding and debonding procedures have many variables,1,2 which has made this a fertile area for research. One area that has not been extensively investigated, however, is the development of visual str...
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Volume 32 : Number 4 : Page 241 : Apr 1998
During the past 20 years, the provision of dental care in the United States has changed, partly due to a decline in dental caries and an increase in the number of dentists.1 More general dentists and ...
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Volume 32 : Number 5 : Page 318 : May 1998
The maturation of deglutition starts early in a child's life and sometimes ends only with the eruption of the permanent dentition. Bilabial contact is important during both rest and deglutition in mai...
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The First Class Appliance for Rapid Molar Distalization
Volume 33 : Number 6 : Page 322 : Jun 1999
When the choice is made to treat a Class II case on a nonextraction basis, or with the extraction of maxillary second molars, then distalization of the maxillary first molars is often the first step ...
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Passive Mandibular Expansion: Individualizing Archform
Volume 34 : Number 8 : Page 461 : Aug 2000
The human dental archform, which has been studied and analyzed for decades,1-10 may be the most important factor in determining the stability of orthodontic treatment. Therefore, any diagnosis should...
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Unlocking the Malocclusion with a Semifixed Bite Plate
Volume 35 : Number 9 : Page 544 : Sep 2001
Vertical control is one of orthodontists' top priorities during treatment. In cases with deficient lower facial height and a strong musculature, however, it is sometimes impossible to bond the mandib...
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Implant Site Development by Orthodontic Extrusion of Teeth with Poor Prognosis
Volume 37 : Number 6 : Page 307 : Jun 2003
The forced eruption technique was developed by Ingber for treatment of one-wall and two-wall bony pockets that were difficult to handle with periodontal therapy alone.1 When tension is applied to the ...
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CASE REPORT
Crozat Appliance Treatment of Buccal Crossbite
Volume 37 : Number 6 : Page 329 : Jun 2003
Expansion of the lower canine region after eruption of the permanent canines has long been considered unstable without permanent retention.1 Nevertheless, various non-invasive methods of mandibular ex...
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A Modified Pendulum Appliance for Anterior Anchorage Control
Volume 37 : Number 7 : Page 352 : Jul 2003
Some orthodontists have reported a loss of anterior anchorage with the Hilgers Pendulum* appliance--in other words, a protrusion or proclination of the incisors during molar distalization. Two cases w...
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CASE REPORT
Orthodontic Treatment of a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Volume 39 : Number 7 : Page 435 : Jul 2005
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by either partial or total deficiency of insulin or by a resistance to that hormone, leading to an increase in blood glucose levels and subseque...
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An Improved Version of the Integrated Herbst Appliance
Volume 44 : Number 3 : Page 190 : Mar 2010
In 1997, we described the integration of a Herbst appliance* with conventional upper and lower fixed appliances.1 A lower auxiliary archwire with the Herbst pistons attached was used to distribute the...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Volume 45 : Number 2 : Page 61 : Feb 2011
One of my favorite quotations comes from Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review. As the American humorist put it with his customary wit, "Figures often beguile me,...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 46 : Number 2 : Page 69 : Feb 2012
The annual Damon Forum covers much more than the Damon appliance system and treatment philosophy--it's billed by its sponsor, Ormco, as "the nation's largest privately sponsored orthodontic event". Of...
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Miniscrew-Retained Pontics in Growing Patients: A Biological Approach
Volume 46 : Number 10 : Page 638 : Oct 2012
Two options are available for treating patients with agenesis of the upper lateral incisors: space closure followed by reshaping of the canines that will function as lateral incisors, or space mainten...
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CASE REPORT
Combined Orthodontic and Restorative Treatment of Avulsed Maxillary Central Incisors
Volume 49 : Number 2 : Page 107 : Feb 2015
Traumatic dental injury is a common occurrence worldwide, particularly in schoolchildren, with a negative impact on quality of life.1-4 Avulsion of permanent teeth, which accounts for .5-3% of all tra...
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Volume 49 : Number 12 : Page 793 : Dec 2015
2015 Author Index*ABELA, S., TEWSON, D., PRINCE, S., SIDEBOTTOM, A., and BISTER, D., Total TMJ Reconstruction in Cases of Advanced Idiopathic Condylysis, 263ADABI, S., NANDA, R., URIBE, F.A., and JANA...
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CASE REPORT
Volume 51 : Number 5 : Page 297 : May 2018
The authors show how a short phase of orthodontic therapy can prepare an adult with missing teeth for prosthetic rehabilitation. As this case illustrates, the treatment is aimed primarily at improving the patient’s esthetics, oral hygiene, and masticatory function.
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Comparison of Two Software Programs in Voxel-Based Superimposition of CBCT Images
Volume 53 : Number 11 : Page 662 : Nov 2019
In a retrospective study, Dr. Elshebiny and colleagues compare pre- and post-treatment superimpositions of cone-beam computed tomography images from 15 growing and 15 adult patients using two voxel-based programs, Dolphin 3D and OnDemand3D.
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