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June 1991
Volume 25, Issue 6

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

They Put a Motor in Motorola

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS

They Put a Motor in Motorola There is a remarkable story in a recent issue of Harvard Business Review1 about the experience of the Motorola Company in actually setting up a university for training its...

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Quality in Orthodontic Practice

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS

Quality has become the buzzword of the '90s. Interest in it was stimulated in the United States with the establishment by Congress of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1987. Its purpose i...

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Strength of Ceramic Brackets in Shear and Torsion Tests

SANDRA GUNN, DDS, MS, JOHN M. POWERS, PHD

Ceramic restorations have been used widely in dentistry, and their brittleness is well documented.1 The effect of brittleness on the clinical durability of ceramic orthodontic brackets, however, has n...

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THE READERS' CORNER

PETER M. SINCLAIR, DDS, MSD

Topics are innovations in orthodontic practice and ethics.1. What appliance innovation has made the biggest positive impact in your practice in the past five years ? About 40% of the respondents named...

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Clinical Considerations in the Use of Retraction Mechanics

JULIE ANN STAGGERS, DDS, MS, NICHOLAS GERMANE, DMD, MS

Once a decision to extract teeth has been made, the orthodontist must plan how to close any space that is not devoted to relief of crowding. Whether anterior retraction, posterior protraction, or a co...

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Clinical Applications of Superelastic Nickel Titanium Wires

ANTHONY D. VIAZIS, DDS, MS

Nickel titanium wires are used extensively today in clinical orthodontics. Thorough research into the unique properties of these wires and satisfactory initial results have opened new horizons in both...

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ORTHODONTIC OFFICE DESIGN

Planning a Sterilization Area

WARREN HAMULA, DDS, MSD

With today's emphasis on proper sterilization and disinfection techniques, orthodontists have responded in a variety of ways. Some conscientious doctors have gone so far as to provide locker facilitie...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Simplified Bite Plate Construction

MAURICE J. COSTELLO, BDS, MDS, FRACDS

Freeing the occlusion with a posterior bite block sometimes expedites tooth movement in a case where fixed appliances are already in place (A). I have developed the following method for making such a ...

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