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September 1990
Volume 24, Issue 9

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Market the Service and Manage the Process

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS

Market the Service and Manage the Process There is a distinction between the results of the orthodontic service and the process by which they are achieved; orthodontists' training is strong on product...

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Automated Cephalographic Soft-Tissue Analysis

YEHYA A. MOSTAFA, BDS, MS, PHD, NAGWA HELMY EL-MANGOURY, BDS, MS, PHD, A. SALAH, BSE, MS, PHD, EMAD M. RASMY, BSE, MS, PHD

A multitude of landmarks and cephalometric analyses have been proposed since Welcker first suggested the potential diagnostic value of skull radiographs in 1896.1-19 Soft-tissue analysis, beginning in...

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New Application of Superelastic NiTi Rectangular Wire

FUJIO MIURA, DDS, DMSC, MASAKUNI MOGI, DDS, DDSC, YASUO OKAMOTO, DDS, DDSC

Nickel titanium (NiTi) alloy wires are now widely used in the medical field because of their unique shape memory effect and superelasticity. Since 1978, we have been conducting clinical studies on the...

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THE READERS' CORNER

PETER M. SINCLAIR, DDS, MSD

The topics are staff training and second molar extraction.1. How do you handle operatory staff training? Virtually all the respondents reported using a combination of several different techniques. Dir...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Color-Enhanced Cephalometrics

W.A. WILTSHIRE, BChD(Hons), MDent

Many orthodontists use a combination of cephalometric analyses to suit their personal requirements. Unfortunately, the myriad planes and angles needed to make a single tracing can become an undecipher...

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Anterior and Posterior Dental Changes in Second Molar Extraction Cases

NICK ROMANIDES, DMD, JOEL M. SERVOSS, DDS, SETH KLEINROCK, DDS, JOSEPH LOHNER, DDS

Proponents of second molar extraction therapy suggest that it offers the advantages of both premolar extraction and nonextraction treatment while minimizing the negative effects of both approaches.1-1...

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Visible-Light-Polymerized Periodontal Dressing for Treatment of Trauma from Orthodontic Appliances

GREG SAMUELSON, DDS, MSD, GEORGE RAKES, DDS, MS, ANNE AIELLO, DDS

Orthodontic appliances can often produce inflammation, redness, swelling, pain, or ulceration of the gingival or mucosal tissues.1-5 The patient usually alleviates such soft-tissue trauma temporarily ...

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ORTHODONTIC OFFICE DESIGN

Operatory Lighting

WARREN HAMULA, DDS, MSD, DAVID W. HAMULA, DDS

The importance of a good lighting environment is evident in the statistic that 85 percent of the information we acquire is visual. 1 Three factors must be considered in any discussion of orthodontic o...

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