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Hello

I am Dr.Samer Tashman from Jordan, and I am happy to join this forum

Hope to hear from you soon.

When new ortho grads ask for advice, I always make sure to suggest that they have to contemplate how they plan on dealing with class II problems. To me that is 90% of orthodontics unless you happen to live south of McMurdo Sound where I understand no class II patients dwell. I've done it all: headgear, headgear bite plane, headgear Cetlin plate, Frankel, Bionator, Teuscher, Twin Block, Herbst, Jasper jumper, distal jet, pendulum, upper 7 extractions, etc. I do like distal jets for mild class II problems but I use Tip Edge braces and mechanics for significant Class II problems and it has really simplified things for me. Yes, I do sometimes extract only in the upper arch and according to Jay B that is the "Devil's Choice." Two changes I've made doing to Tip Edge and the reason I'm writing is to ask for comments: 1. I use an 016 niti final underlay wire and it really seems to torque the incisors. I really like it 2 and I routinely don't go much larger than a 21 x 25 TMA as a final main archwire except in deep bites where I need max bite opening. Comments?

charlie ruff