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CUTTING EDGE
Inexpensive Orthodontic Treatment with a Prescription Custom-Base System
Volume 50 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 2016
This month's article describes an innovative combination of three-dimensional imaging software, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), and intraoral scanning that facilitates the placement of low-cost, generic brackets with prescription custom bases. Unlike customized systems that consider only crown morphology, the authors' process combines the crowns and roots to allow proper root positioning during alignment of the crowns. A true "straight-wire" system, it can be applied to any bracket type, slot, or prescription.
122.
OVERVIEW
Sterilization and Instrument Compatibility in a Digital World
Volume 46 : Number 9 : Page 563 : Sep 2012
(Editor's Note: In this regular column, JCO provides an overview of a clinical topic of interest to orthodontists. Contributions and suggestions for future subjects are welcome.)In today's environment...
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Teledentistry, Do-It-Yourself Orthodontics, and Remote Treatment Monitoring
Volume 50 : Number 12 : Page 718 : Dec 2016
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. - Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park Teledentistry is the combination of telecommunications a...
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Bioprogressive Simplified, Part 3: Nonextraction Therapy
Volume 21 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1987
In the past 10 to 15 years, we have witnessed technological advances that would have amazed our orthodontic forefathers. Whether we embrace these changes or not, they have certainly influenced how con...
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Volume 22 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1988
From the outside, Dr. John Wirebender's orthodontic office doesn't look much different from its competitors. But there is something going on inside that has attracted attention from referring dentists...
126.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 26 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1992
What Now? What Then? Scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders in Bethesda, Maryland, have been running up and down the DNA busily identifying genes. It has been predicted that wi...
127.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 34 : Number 11 : Page 631 : Nov 2000
I recently called a colleague in a distant city, and the conversation went something like this: "Welcome to Dr. X's office. If you need to make an appointment or check on an appointment, press 1 now. ...
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DIGITAL ORTHO LAB
Volume 58 : Number 3 : Page 196 : Mar 2024
The infrazygomatic crest has been recommended for stable miniscrew anchorage in a number of clinical situations. Dr. Manzo and colleagues describe the InfraBSteer method, which uses a digital protocol to produce a surgical guide for infrazygomatic miniscrew insertion.
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Orthodontics in the Year 2047: Genetically Driven Treatment Plans
Volume 41 : Number 9 : Page 549 : Sep 2007
The past 40 years have seen rapid biomedical advances leading to treatment modalities that could not have been predicted decades ago. Clinically relevant discoveries in orthodontics during that period...
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Upper Molar Distalization with Invisalign Treatment Accelerated by Photobiomodulation
Volume 52 : Number 12 : Page 675 : Dec 2018
Drs. Ojima, Dan, Watanabe, and Kumagai demonstrate how a modified OrthoPulse device can be used to accelerate sequential posterior distalization by allowing aligner changes to be made every three days. A case report illustrates the procedure.
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The Insignia System of Customized Orthodontics
Volume 45 : Number 8 : Page 442 : Aug 2011
While technological innovations in photography, scanning, and radiology have greatly improved orthodontic diagnostic procedures,1-5 computerized systems that design orthodontic appliances for individu...
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Fully Digital Design and Fabrication of a Telescoping Herbst Appliance
Volume 57 : Number 6 : Page 318 : Jun 2023
The Manni Telescoping Herbst consists of a fixed palatal arch connected to a mandibular acrylic splint by means of two telescoping rods. Dr. Manni and colleagues outline a completely digital protocol for computer-aided design and 3D printing of the appliance.
133.
THE CUTTING EDGE
Volume 48 : Number 6 : Page 359 : Jun 2014
This column is compiled by JCO Technology Editor W. Ronald Redmond, DDS, MS. To help keep our readers on The Cutting Edge, Dr. Redmond will spotlight a particular area of orthodontic technology every ...
134.
THE CUTTING EDGE
Impact of Orientation on Dimensional Accuracy of 3D-Printed Orthodontic Models
Volume 52 : Number 1 : Page 13 : Jan 2018
This study from Short, Drs. Favero, English and Kasper, was designed to evaluate the effect of model orientation in a stereolithographic 3D printer on the dimensional accuracy of the printed models in specific areas. Flat, perpendicular, and angulated orientations are compared in terms of accuracy and cost.
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Volume 35 : Number 7 : Page 434 : Jul 2001
TOMAC is a unique surgical-orthodontic treatment planning system (see Part 1, JCO, June 2001). The TOMAC VTO is constructed in three stages: test, presurgical-orthodontic, and surgical. The essentia...
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Digital Smile Design and Orthodontic Finishing with the Insignia System
Volume 53 : Number 8 : Page 449 : Aug 2019
Digital technology now offers an effective means of correcting malocclusions from start to finish. Drs. Balut, Popnikolov, and Ades show how the customized brackets and wires of the Insignia system can be combined with skeletal anchorage and micro-osteoperforation to improve efficiency and shorten treatment.
137.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 25 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1991
Perception Is RealityMy orthodontic partner and I recently had a philosophical discussion regarding patient care and management. I had determined that a retainer wasn't needed in a particular case, gi...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Volume 29 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1995
Whether we orthodontists like to admit it or not, most of the management and marketing functions in our offices are carried out by staff members. The doctor may have overall responsibility for develop...
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OVERVIEW Bonding in Today's Orthodontic Practice
Volume 40 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 2006
Over the past three and a half decades, orthodontists have progressed from attaching brittle plastic brackets with weak, messy, odiferous powder/liquid methyl methacrylate cements1 to bonding sturdy, ...
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JCO INTERVIEWS
Drs. S.J. "Jack" Burrow and William R. Proffit on the Efficacy of Self-Ligating Brackets
Volume 47 : Number 7 : Page 413 : Jul 2013
DR. KEIM You have both stated, "The controversy of self-ligating brackets should be over." But the January 2013 issue of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics features a Poi...
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