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Moving traumatized teeth orthodontically.
What Are the Risks When Orthodontically Moving Traumatized Teeth? Dr. Michel Champagne, BA, DMD, MAGD, IBO, CDE, Traumatic injuries to the dentition are…
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Lower Anterior Torque Control
Lower Anterior Torque Control by Dr. Michel Champagne dmd, magd, ibo, cde One of the biggest challenge in orthodontics as always been and still is, the…
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Smile Arc and TMJ Health
Smile Arc and TMJ health by Dr. Michel Champagne, BA, DMD, MAGD, IBO, CDE Today the smile arc is a common concept in orthodontics. The goal of attaining…
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To Bond or Not To Bond
To Bond Or Not To Bond Second Molars by Michel Champagne, BA, DMD, MAGD, IBO, CDE When we normally do Phase I treatment the second molars have not yet…
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Moving Back Molars with a PENDEX Appliance
Moving Molars Back with a PENDEX Appliance By Dr. Michel Champagne DMD, MAGD, IBO, CDE In earlier info letters we have discussed many techniques to move…
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Putting Torque on 4 Incisors
Putting Torque on 4 Incisor Teeth By Dr. Michel Champagne To continue on the torque subject, I want to discuss 2 techniques to modify the torque of upper…
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Controlling Torque on a Single Tooth
Here we are with our first info letter of 2019. I will try in the coming year to publish 1 or 2 info letters per month. In our last info letter of 2018,…
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Torque Control in Orthodontics
Dentists often search for a way to control the torque of an individual tooth or a group of teeth. This can happen at the start of treatment, during or…
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Carriere Cl II Corrector
We have earlier discussed techniques to move back molars. The Spanish doctor Luis Carriere invented a prefabricated molar distalizer that can be used in…
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Moving Back a Molar Apex
After distalizing a molar, no matter the technique, we always have to check the nature of the achieved movement. Did we accomplish a pure translation movement…
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