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September 1986
Volume 20, Issue 9

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Cutting Losses

LARRY W. WHITE, DDS

An orthodontist friend recently described an encounter he had with the U.S. legal system. The parents of one of his patients refused to pay the agreed-upon fee, although there appeared to be no dissat...

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Treatment Overruns

GEORGE J. SHIA, DDS

After a practice has been operating for many years, orthodontists begin accumulating a number of paid-up patients who still require additional treatment. The practitioner usually absorbs this addition...

602

TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Clinical Applications of Stainless Steel Tubing

MICHAEL D. HANSON, DDS, BRUCE S. HASKELL, DMD, PHD

Precision-cut lengths of stainless steel tubing have a variety of clinical uses in addition to their intended use as buccal attachments. They can: Define interbracket distances for future prosthetic r...

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Kurz Assurance Program

CRAVEN KURZ, DDS

An accident or a moment of carelessness can mean a surprisingly high expense for patients who are charged the full cost of replacing retainers. Worse than the momentary distress, though, are the negat...

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1986 JCO Study of Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Procedures Part 1 - Overall Results

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON PhD, DAVID S. VOGELS III

This study is the first comprehensive nationwide survey of current orthodontic diagnosis and treatment procedures. A questionnaire was mailed in February 1986 to all identifiable orthodontic specialis...

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Directional Forces Revisited

JOHN H. HICKHAM, DDS, MSD

More than 10 years ago, I wrote a series of articles describing my treatment objectives and mechanics.1 Briefly stated, these mechanics were designed to place the dentition where function, esthetics, ...

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