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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS
Retirement Financial Planning It has been said that financial needs decrease in retirement, but that 70-80% of preretirement income is necessary to maintain one's lifestyle after retirement. While suc...
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LEWARD C. FISH, DDS, MS, BRUCE N. EPKER, DDS, PHD
Presurgical Orthodontic Treatment Properly use vertical mechanics. Inappropriate use of vertical mechanics is almost exclusively related to attempted orthodontic closure of open bite by extruding ante...
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EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON, PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS
This survey of orthodontic retirees is believed to be the first quantitative picture of their demographics, activities, financial status, and attitudes toward retirement. The survey questionnaire was ...
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CLINICAL AID
PETER NGAN, DMD
55-jco-img-0.jpgEmpty alginate containers can be useful as orthodontic instrument racks. Simply reduce the height of the empty container to about 12cm with a high-speed carbide bur. Pour orthodontic p...
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WILLIAM L. WILSON, DMD, ROBERT C. WILSON, DDS
The bypass design of the utility arch eliminates friction and adverse buccal countermoments for excellent intrusive action. Bypass mechanics, however, confine the countermoments to the first molar, wi...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
P. JANE DAVIS, BDS, FDSRCS, DORTH, MICHAEL S. COOKE, BCHD, LDS, DORTH, DDPH, FDSRCS, FFD
Prolonged or semipermanent bonded retention is used for corrected rotations, closed median diastemas, and anterior space closure associated with loss of incisors, advanced periodontal disease, bone lo...
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FELICE S. O'RYAN, DDS, DONAL V. CROALL
The temporomandibular joint is among the most difficult structures to visualize in lateral cephalometric radiographs, owing to superimposition of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. Proper monit...
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