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April 1984
Volume 18, Issue 4

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Treatment Rationale: Scientifically Based or Anecdotal? and Progress Reports

EUGENE H. WILLIAMSON DDS, MS, EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

  Treatment Rationale: Scientifically Based or Anecdotal? Orthodontists have evolved a complex system of diagnosis and treatment planning, most often based upon cephalometric measurements and growth p...

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1983 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 2: Practice Success

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, DAVID S. VOGELS

The economic equation in orthodontic practice might be expressed as: Net Income = (Case Starts X Fees) - Expenses Economic success can be measured by the size of net income, and the data from the 1983...

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Simultaneous Correction of Digital Sucking Habits and Posterior Crossbite with a Combo Appliance

PHILLIP M. CAMPBELL DDS, MSD

Although not all patients with digital sucking habits have posterior crossbites and not all patients with posterior crossbites have or have had digital sucking habits, the two phenomena are frequently...

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Auxiliaries for Efficient Jaw Orthopedics

J. DAHAN BSCHD, MD, PhD

Molar Abutment System (MAS) The muscular force developed by the forward displacement of the mandible with the activator or any bimaxillary appliance can be highly efficient if it is well directed and ...

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Modular 3D Appliances: Problem Solving in Edgewise, Straightwire, and Lightwire Treatment

WILLIAM L. WILSON DMD, ROBERT C. WILSON DDS

Excellent appliances are frequently discarded in favor of new ones in the hope that they will be free of the problems and frustrations encountered in certain cases. Despite increasing appliance comple...

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A Toothborne Hawley Type Retainer

LAURANCE JERROLD DDS

Patients complain that the conventional Hawley retaining appliance: is too bulky and uncomfortable causes a speech impediment, usually lisping causes a bad taste in the mouth causes a loss of taste se...

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CLINICAL AID

Motivating Frankel Patients

MARC H. COOPER

Doctor, staff, and parents must work as a motivational team to encourage patient cooperation in wearing the Frankel appliance. In my office, I have a Frankel or functional appliance room. A 5-foot-tal...

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