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Oral hygiene
How can I keep a good dental health during my orthodontic treatment? A good dental health and everything that supports the teeth (gum, bone, ligaments) contributes to the success of the results aimed by your orthodontic treatment. Your cooperation i [...]
Impacted Teeth Canines
Introduction Canine shape and position (red arrow) A canine is an important tooth of the dentition because it is placed strategically in the mouth. It makes the transition between the anterior teeth (central and lateral incisors) and the posterior [...]
Postoperative advice
Guide on postoperative care in oral and maxillofacial surgery Foreword Following an accident or to improve your dental health, you underwent – or you are about to undergo – an oral surgical procedure. This surgery can affect your chewing, your brea [...]Mechanotherapy
There are multiple ways to proceed with the traction of an impacted canine after its ligation and all impacted teeth cannot be pulled in the same way. Often, one, two, even three traction techniques are combined. Therefore, here I present three of m [...]
Palatal expansion
Narrow palate or palate that is not large enough. What does it mean? I put a Keynote presentation online entitled “déficiences transversales du maxillaire” (transverse maxillary deficiencies). The following text is a similar version with [...]
Passive self-ligating systems
Damon® system Damon® Q: passive self-ligating mechanism Passive self-ligating systems differ from active systems in the way that a rigid clip such as a sliding door holds the archwire in place. The clip does not apply any force on the orthodontic a [...]
Wisdom teeth
Introduction Third molar and retromolar space Third molars are commonly called wisdom teeth because they erupt in the mouth around 16-18 years of age. They are the last teeth to erupt and the available space to accommodate them is often limited. It [...]
Dental X-Rays. Clarifications from the ODQ
A closer look at a recent article on dental X-rays Montreal, April 11, 2012 The Ordre des dentistes du Québec wishes to make a few points about an article entitled “Dental X-Rays and Risk of Meningioma”, published in the C [...]Conventional fixed appliances
Twin brackets 3M Unitek Mini Uni-Twin™ The twin bracket is the basic design of all classic fixed appliances. The orthodontic archwire is tied onto the bracket using 4 points, namely the four corners of the bracket. By default, this bracket is wide [...]
Surgical technique
Surgical exposure techniques may vary depending on the location of the impacted canine, whether it is on the palatal side or the buccal side. Two authors, Dr Vincent G. Kokich from the University of Washington in Seattle and Dr Robert L. Vanarsdall [...]