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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS
Have a Good DayA highly successful Seattle restaurateur named Timothy Firnstahl has a basic rule: Always deal with complaints before they're made." A corollary is: "Every customer must have a good exp...
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NAGWA HELMY EL-MANGOURY, BDS, MS, PHD, MERVAT M. MOUSSA , BDS, HDD, PHD, YEHYA A. MOSTAFA , BDS, MS, PHD, AMIR S. GIRGIS, BDS, HDD, PHD
Both extraction and expansion therapies tend to lengthen active treatment in order to close extraction spaces or to coordinate expanded arches.1 Interproximal stripping, on the other hand, can shorten...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
CHARLES OAKES, DDS, JAMES E. HATCHER, DMD
Determination of the correct archform is one of the most misunderstood and neglected aspects of orthodontic treatment. Retention studies from the University of Washington have shown that the archform,...
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CASE REPORT
STUART D. LA KIND, DDS
A 27-year-old female presented with the chief complaints of upper and lower anterior crowding and ectopically erupted maxillary second molars, which were in complete crossbite (Fig. 1). She had a Clas...
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JENS PLANERT, DDS
The distance between abutments--bridge span--has an important influence on the durability of fixed prostheses. Loading of the abutment and the bridge is more than proportional to the bridge length.1 T...
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JOHN H. HICKHAM, DDS, MSD
Orthodontic treatment alone is not always sufficient for patients who need maxillary protraction therapy. The chances of success depend on four areas: 1. The relationship of the maxilla to the mandibl...
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M.J. TRENOUTH, BSC(Hons), BDS, MDS, PHD, FDS RCPS, DOrth, DDO, A. HOUGH, SRN
Few studies have been published on why patients miss or cancel appointments, even though broken appointments have an important effect on the economics and efficiency of orthodontic practice. Most of t...
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