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November 1991
Volume 25, Issue 11

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Profession or Business?

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS

Profession or Business?A number of voices in dentistry and in orthodontics have challenged us to decide whether we are in a profession or a business. In these presentations there is an implication tha...

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1991 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 1: Trends

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON, PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS III

Editor's note: Parts 2 and 3 of this series are published in the December 1991 and January 1992 issues of JCO.This nationwide survey of practicing orthodontists is the sixth of the biennial studies co...

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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

The Satellite Practice: Counting the Cost

MELVIN MAYERSON , DDS, MSD, ALTON C. BISHOP, DDS

This quarterly series of articles is being written by successful orthodontists who have particular expertise in certain areas of management and marketing (see JCO, August 1991, p. 471). The following ...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Mechanical Mixing of Glass Ionomer Cement

DR. ARNDT JAEHNIG

Mixing glass ionomer cement on a glass plate can be time-consuming, especially when instrument preparation and cleanup are taken into account. The ratio of powder to liquid can also be inconsistent. M...

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Anchorage Control During Leveling and Aligning with a Preadjusted Appliance System

RICHARD P. McLAUGHLIN, DDS, JOHN C. BENNETT, LDS DOrth

The transition from standard edgewise to preadjusted appliances has allowed orthodontists to treat patients efficiently and with consistent quality of results. Although many techniques have been effec...

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CASE REPORT

Correction of Open Bite with Elastics and Rectangular NiTi Wires

ANTHONY D. VIAZIS, DDS, MS

Various types of elastics-- Class II, Class m, box, triangular, zig-zag, criss-cross, diagonal, and others--provide the clinician with the ability to correct both anteroposterior and vertical discrepa...

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Lingual Bonded Splint

GORDON C. HONIG, DMD

Anterior bite planes have long been used for treatment of deep overbite and crossbite, Phase II occlusal correction of patients with TMJ dysfunction,1,2 elimination of bracket or cuspal interference t...

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