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August 1992
Volume 26, Issue 8

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Made in America

LARRY W. WHITE, DDS, MSD

Made in America It doesn't take much prompting for my wife Lue and me to pack our bags and get out our passports. Recently an invitation came to speak to a group of orthodontists in an area we had nev...

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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

Recruitment and Development of a Stable Orthodontic Team

MELVIN MAYERSON, DDS, MSD, ROBERT E. BREWKA, DDS, MS

Dr. Bob Brewka's unusual approach to an often-discussed topic--staff recruitment and development--is well worth reading. The parallels he draws between an excellent orthodontic staff and a football te...

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The Post-Treatment Consultation

DAVID B. KENNEDY, MSD, FRCD(Can)

Most practice management consultants recommend holding post-treatment consultations to review treatment results with patients and parents. This article will describe a system that has been used succes...

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JCO INTERVIEWS

Fred F. Schudy, DDS, on the Vertical Dimension

FRED F. SCHUDY, DDS, LARRY W. WHITE, DDS, MSD

DR. WHITE What kind of appliance did you use in 1942 when you started orthodontic practice? DR. SCHUDY I was using the Angle edgewise appliance before I went into the U.S. Army and after I returned. D...

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Space Required for Arch Leveling

DR. R.B. ERSKINE

Little has been published recently concerning how to determine the amount of space needed to flatten the occlusal curve in a given case. Dale describes a calculation in which .5mm is added to the aver...

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Direct Bonding with Light-Cured Adhesive Precoated Brackets

RONALD B. COOPER, DDS, MARGUERITE GOSS, CDA, WARREN HAMULA, DDS, MSD

The recent introduction of adhesive precoated (APC) ceramic and metal brackets (Fig. 1) offers several advantages over previous light-curing and direct-bonding methods: Consistent quality and quantity...

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Clinical Experience with Direct-Bonded Labial Retainers

STEFAN AXELSSON, DDS, BJORN U. ZACHRISSON, DDS, PHD

Direct-bonded retainers are usually placed lingually,1-5 since one of the chief advantages of such retainers is their invisibility. However, we began to experiment with labial bonded retainers several...

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Shear Bond Strengths of Two Ceramic Brackets

JOSEPH GHAFARI, DMD, TONY L. SKANCHY, DDS, FRANCIS MANTE, BDS, MS, PHD

Several clinical complications have been associated with the use of ceramic brackets, including attrition of teeth from occlusion with the brackets, increased friction in orthodontic appliances, and r...

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