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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS
Time for Rapprochement The amount of orthodontics being done by GPs is most frequently mentioned by orthodontists as a cause for lack of growth or decline in specialty practices. This belief is creati...
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ROBERT N. MOORE, DDS, PHD, EDD, LESLIE C. ERICKSON, DDS, MSD
One of the key issues between orthodontists and general practitioners is the relationship of education to competency. As stated in an Editor's Corner by Gottlieb (JCO, July 1987), orthodontists find i...
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EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS
Case reports customarily describe treatment of malocclusions. This Practice Status Report describes and compares two practices with regard to practice economics and activity--based on a number of fact...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
DENNIS R. BAILEY, DDS
A hypoallergenic silicone material for swimmers, Mack's Earplugs, is also useful for protecting orthodontic patients from cheek, lip, and tongue irritation. A piece of this silicone material can be to...
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DR. HANS W. SEEHOLZER, DR. WALTER DASCH
Although zinc phosphate cement has good working characteristics, its high solubility is disadvantageous for orthodontic banding. Microleakage, incomplete adhesion to hard tooth substances, and deminer...
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ROBERT G. CASH, DDS
The public's and the profession's keen awareness of the deadly diseases that can be transmitted through cross-contamination of bodily fluids has resulted in a closer examination of orthodontic sterili...
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CASE REPORT
FRASER MCDONALD, BDS, MSC, DOrth, FDS
Failure of eruption can be a difficult clinical problem. It has been described by a number of terms, including infra-occlusion and submergence, and can also be linked to ankylosis, a union between bon...
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