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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS
A Question of StyleIn a fictional article that appeared in Harvard Business Review in 1960, Abram Collier postulated a family-owned textile firm--Wickersham Mills--whose founder had just died. A stock...
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EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON, PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS
The questionnaire for the fourth biennial JCO Orthodontic Practice Study was mailed Jan. 2, 1987, to all practicing orthodontists in the United States who could be identified. Of the 8,316 that were m...
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ORTHODONTIC OFFICE DESIGN
WARREN HAMULA, DDS, MSD
A noisy office environment is one of the most annoying problems that orthodontists have to deal with. Noise stress is a health hazard not often recognized. Medical studies show prolonged noise stress ...
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PETER M. SINCLAIR, DDS, MSD, RICHARD G. ALEXANDER, DDS, MS, J. MICHAEL STEFFEN, DDS, F. TUCKER HALTOM, DDS
This month's topics are staff meetings and debanding sequences.1. Describe typical staff meetings in your office. How often do you hold them? Most offices reported holding their staff meetings once a ...
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RICHARD N. CARTER, DMD, MS, ANNE MOHLER, BA, EFODA
Articulated study models often reveal greater discrepancies in malocclusions than those noted clinically.1 Cephalometric radiographs taken in the habitual position of maximum intercuspation nearly alw...
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RAYMOND P. HOWE, DDS, MS
A variety of fixed and removable single-arch retainers have been useful in maintaining alignment, space closure, and rotation correction. However, single-arch retainers are not effective for preventin...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
DAVID W. ALGER, DDS, MSD
If soldered wires are used for postsurgical intermaxillary fixation, the patient's archwire must be marked where the hooks are to be soldered. Archwire marks must be fairly precise to keep from interf...
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