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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS
The Doctor/Patient Relationship Until now, the so-called learned professions have had a somewhat different definition of a professional from that of others who call themselves professionals. There are...
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MICHAEL B. GUESS, DDS, WOLFGANG V. SOLZER
Although the awareness of patients and parents regarding orthodontics may be on the increase, the education gap between clinicians and patients is still wide. Satisfactory function and esthetics, as j...
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NEVILLE M. BASS, BDS, DORTH
Patient Motivation It is important to recognize that the dentofacial features that make up a skeletal Class II malocclusion belong to an individual person. From the initial visit the orthodontist must...
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WAYNE W. BARKMEIER, DDS, MS, A. JOHN GWINNETT, PHD, BDS, LDS RCS, SCOTT E. SHAFFER, MS
The acid-etch bonding technique has been used extensively since its introduction by Buonocore in 1955.1 Plastic and metal brackets were introduced specifically for attachment to the acid-conditioned e...
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BRENDA M. CHURCH
The most important instrument in your practice, in my opinion, is not an orthodontic instrument. It's the telephone. The phone line is the main artery of a practice, and it is vitally important that y...
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JULIEN PHILIPPE, DCD, DSO
If a force is applied to the crown of a tooth, it produces a rotational moment that tends to tip the tooth. Further, a force applied to a bracket on the buccal side produces another, weaker moment tha...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
JOHN MAMUTIL, BDS
405-jco-img-0.jpgSecond-order bends are used in the Begg technique for overcorrection of rotated teeth, and occasionally in early stages to correct minor rotations. However, if asymmetrical offsets ar...
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