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March 2005
Volume 39, Issue 3

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

If the Staff Ain't Happy . . .

ROBERT G. KEIM, DDS, EDD, PHD

Over the 25 or so years I have been in practice, I've come to divide my days at work into four categories. These were developed in an entirely unscientific manner, based on a daily routine that grew o...

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Temporary Anchorage Devices: A Status Report

JAMES MAH DDS, MS, DMS, FREDRIK BERGSTRAND DDS, JOHN W. GRAHAM DDS, MD (Commentary)

Before the 2004 AAO meeting in Orlando, a group convened to discuss one of the hottest topics in orthodontics--skeletal anchorage or "temporary anchorage devices" (TADs). Hosted by 3M Unitek, the even...

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Transforce Lingual Appliances for Arch Development

WILLIAM J. CLARK BDS, DDO

Transforce* lingual appliances are a new series of preadjusted fixed-removable devices designed to develop archform in patients with contracted dental arches (Fig. 1). They are readily integrated with...

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CASE REPORT

Uprighting a Horizontally Impacted Mandibular Second Molar

SANDHYA JAIN MDS, MRAGENDRA RAKA DDS, ARUN SANDEY DDS

The incidence of impacted second molars has been estimated at as many as three in 1,000 cases. Because the second molars tend to erupt at a mesial angle, mesially rotated impactions are fairly common ...

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JCO Survey of Orthodontic Staff Job Satisfaction

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD, EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS III

Skilled and personable staff members are critical to the success of any orthodontic practice. Once the best people are found and they are properly trained, the orthodontist's next challenge is to reta...

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BOOK REVIEWS

Orthodontic Management of Agenesis and Other Complexities: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Functional Esthetics

ELLIOTT M. MOSKOWITZ DDS, MSD

MICHAEL ARVYSTAS, DMD248 pages. $99.95. 2003.Martin Dunitz, London, distributed byThieme New York333 Seventh Ave.New York, NY 10001(800) 782-3488; www.thieme.com Few orthodontic texts aim as high as t...

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OVERVIEW

The Eight Components of a Balanced Smile

ROY SABRI DDS, MS

In orthodontic treatment, esthetics has traditionally been associated with profile enhancement. Both the Angle classification of malocclusion and the cephalometric analysis have focused attention on t...

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