Bonding
When bonding, you should etch the teeth for this amount of time.
30 seconds
When a patient asks how much longer they have left, you should tell them this...
Let's ask the doctor
What two alloys are in a "NiTi" wire?
Nickel - Titanium
A patient has a severe underbite, so they have his class of molar malocclusion.
Class III
This is the nickname of Santa Fe
The City Different
Immediately after scrubbing Assure Plus, you should do this.
Air Dry
A patient comes in for an emergency "pokey wire." You see a long wire sticking out the left side poking their cheek. What should you do or check before you clip the wire and send them on their way?
Check the midlines of the wire! (ask C or L why this matters?)
This was the first country to use orthodontic techniques
Ancient Egypt (Romans / Greeks also acceptable)
This happens when you power chain to a 6 (first molar) but the wire doesn't go all the way through the 6 bracket.
The 6 will spin / rotate
When driving from Santa Fe to Pojoaque, if you look on the left side of the road, you'll see a rocky monument in the shape of this animal.
Camel
You are doing a direct bond U/L 6-6. You already cured the lower arch, and are ready for Dr. to position the top teeth, but Dr. just went into a consult. What can you do to be efficient / save time while you wait for doctor?
Tie in the lower arch-wire / maintain isolation
A patient comes in for an emergency visit (broken bracket LR-4). They are getting their braces off in 2 weeks and they are in a power chain, but there is no doctor in the office. What should you do?
Place a closed coil spring perfectly touching the adjacent braces. (((If it's a front tooth, you can do the same thing, but have to reschedule for Dr. to put bracket back on.)))
Dr. Stephen Kellam's father was also an orthodontist, what was his name?
Gary
UR2 is in X-bite. Doctor asks you to do a "sling-shot" on an UR2. The lingual button is bonded and the power chain is secured. What should you "check" to make sure the UR2 can move forward successfully?
This Santa Fe Roller Skate Rink is alien / space themed.
Rockin' Rollers
The primary purpose of Air-drying Assure plus is this.
1) evaporates Acetone (solvent) to create a stronger bond
You are bonding a LR7, and you have placed etch and assure-plus, but you notice saliva get on the tooth before you placed the bracket. You should do what?
Isolate, RE-ETCH, re-assure plus
This is the name of the Father of American Orthodontics.
Edward Angle
If a patient has 7's, but their retainer only covers 6-6, this will happen.
The 7's will supra-erupt / mess up the bite
Located 2 hours north of Santa Fe, this is the tallest mountain in New Mexico
Wheeler Peak
This is the type of acid we place on teeth when we etch.
phosphoric acid
During your banding, you notice acid etch on a patient's lip / face.
"rinse w/ water immediately" (60 seconds)
American Orthodontics (the company that makes our brackets) has its headquarters located here.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
When you do a "burn and bend," this is the term for what you are doing to the wire.
Annealing
On August 29th the burning of Zozobra will be held for this number of anniversary.
101st