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November 1992
Volume 26, Issue 11

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Deming's Fourteen Points for Orthodontists

LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD

Deming's Fourteen Points for Orthodontists In 1947, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur reconstructed war-ravaged Japan, he called on an obscure U.S. government statistician to help with the census. Thus began ...

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The Pendulum Appliance for Class II Non-Compliance Therapy

JAMES J. HILGERS DDS, MS

Orthodontists have long sought methods of correcting Class II malocclusions without straining the lower arch and without the need for strict patient compliance. In the 1990s, noncompliance therapies i...

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The Effect of Adhesive-Layer Thickness on Bond Strength

PAUL G. JOST-BRINKMANN DMD, ANDREAS SCHIFFER DMD, RAINER R. MIETHKE DMD

Orthodontists commonly believe that a minimal amount of composite between bracket base and enamel is necessary to achieve the optimum bond strength and a close adaptation of the bracket to the tooth s...

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A New Instrument for Functional Appliance Bite Registration

PETER T. GEORGE DDS

The most critical factor in the construction of a functional orthodontic appliance is the construction bite registration.1 Yet orthodontists have been estimating the correct posture of the mandible an...

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A Method for Determining Headgear Force Systems

STEVEN L. CURETON DMD, MS

Locating the center of resistance of a tooth or group of teeth is critical in determining the direction of force exerted by a particular type of headgear on a given patient. The center of resistance o...

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An Office Videocommunication System

DAVID L. EDGAR DDS, MS

Orthodontists in recent years have sought to improve productivity so they can treat more patients. These efforts have focused primarily on office design, use of staff, and computerization. This articl...

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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

Getting Started

MELVIN MAYERSON DDS, MSD, MARK A. STIEG DDS, MS

This month's article was developed with the goal of helping the fledgling orthodontist get started in practice. From personal experience, Dr. Mark Stieg discusses in detail two of the most popular opt...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

A Versatile Utility Arch

WILLIAM B. CADELL BDSC, MDSC

Full bonding of lower-extraction cases can create problems of cuspid interference or appliance breakage, which often add considerably to treatment time and expense. I have developed a utility arch tha...

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