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Orthodontic Articles by Dr. Gerhardt

Don’t Forget About Niti Opened Coiled Springs

These springs are an excellent way to create space between teeth to eliminate crowding, and provide room in the arch for unerupted teeth. Compressed during placement, the springs exert continuous force against the teeth as they return to original length.

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Don't Forget About Nite Opened Coiled Springs | Orthodontic Teaching Institute

Dr. Gerhardt’s Product Review: Nustar Gen2’s Self Litigating Passive System

There is probably no perfect orthodontic bracket system. In my view, there are pros and cons to them all. The treating dentist must pick which bracket system works the best for them. I have really liked using self-ligating bracket systems; the overall advantages seem to be shorter treatment time, easier

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5 Cases Of Opening Bites With The Tip-Edge Bracket System

The Tip-Edge bracket system is unique in that it has diagonally opposed corners removed, which allows a tooth to tip as the bite opens up. The standard bracket slot size of .022 x .028 open to .028 x .028 as a tooth tips. This feature can come in handy opening

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5 cases of opening bites | Orthodontic Teaching Institute

Treating Class III Patients With The Tip-Edge Bracket System

Skeletal Class III patients can be some of the most challenging cases to treat in orthodontics. I am sharing two Class III patients who were treated by student dentists in the 2012-2014 Academy of Gp Orthodontic two-year, hands-on continuing education class in Austin, Texas. Both patients were treated using the

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treating class three patients | Orthodontic Teaching Institute

Unraveling Teeth In Stage I Of Tip-Edge

Techniques for unraveling anterior teeth that can also be applied to Tip-Edge as well as Straight Wire orthodontics Most dentists who do Tip- Edge orthodontics are familiar with the illustration of Stage I as presented in Fig.1. A typical way of starting a tip-edge orthodontic case is to place molar

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JAOS unraveling teeth | Orthodontic Teaching Institute

Distalizing Upper Molars

In practice, we often run into a problem in which the upper molars have drifted mesially and blocks out either the upper canine or second bicuspid teeth. The molars can move forward due to the early loss of a primary molar, delayed eruption of an adult bicuspid or a dentalalveolar

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JAOS distalizing upper molars | Orthodontic Teaching Institute

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