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August 1984
Volume 18, Issue 8

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Room at the Top

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

Room at the Top At the bottom of any profession is that small number of practitioners who are perceived by their peers to have failed to deliver acceptable standards of care. Their failure is rarely c...

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JCO Interviews Dr. Lennart Wieslander on Dentofacial Orthopedics: Headgear-Herbst Treatment in the Mixed Dentition

LENNART WIESLANDER, BJORN ZACHRISSON

JCO has asked Dr. Bjorn Zachrisson, a member of the JCO Contributing Editors Board and Chairman of the Orthodontic Department at the University of Oslo, Norway, to interview some leading European orth...

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Indirect Bonding for Lingual Cases

MICHAEL J. AGUIRRE DDS

Because of the increased difficulty in treating cases from the lingual, accurate bracket placement is of the utmost importance and is greatly facilitated by an indirect bonding technique. The techniqu...

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New Universal Space Maintainer

ATHANASIOS ATHANASIOU DDS, NICOLAS FARSARIS DDS

A new posterior space maintainer consists of (Fig. 1): Solid steel foil pad bases (5.5 X 3mm posteriorly, 4 X 2.6mm anteriorly) .036" round retainer wire (horizontal length--2mm posteriorly, 25mm ante...

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Pain and Cooperation in Orthodontic Treatment

LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD

Orthodontists generally assume that some discomfort is the norm for their patients and attribute patients' lack of cooperation to attitudinal factors. i have used a personality inventory test to asses...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Anterior Crossbite Correction

THOMAS J. DENAMUR

If the horizontal and vertical overlaps are within 2-3mm, a tongue blade can be used to correct an anterior crossbite. The parent is advised in advance that this may be a two-hour appointment. Parent ...

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Direct-Reimbursement Dental Benefit Plans

W. KELLY CARR DDS

In a direct-reimbursement benefit plan, an employer reimburses an employee for dental expenses validated by a paid receipt, according to the plan's dollar limits. The plan benefits are quoted in dolla...

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