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July 1993
Volume 27, Issue 7

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

A Farewell to Symmetry

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS

A Farewell to SymmetryThis past winter a huge storm of a scope greater than the blizzard of 1888 lashed the entire East Coast of the United States with cyclonic winds and buried it under mountains of ...

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'Animated' Orthodontic Treatment Planning

RONALD J. MACKLEY, DDS, MS

Vast amounts of time and energy have been devoted to developing analyses that will help orthodontists decide how best to improve patients' facial appearance and balance. Most of this effort has been d...

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CLINICAL AID

Selection Card for Ligature Colors

TINA PRESLER

Patients in our office enjoy mixing and matching colored elastomeric ligatures to display the colors of their favorite teams or upcoming holidays (Fig. 1). When we introduced these ligatures, there we...

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An Embedded Lingual Holding Arch

ROBERT G. KEIM , DDS

Lower lingual holding arches have a variety of orthodontic uses, including space maintenance,1 anchorage support,2 and lower incisor advancement.3 Accounts of unwanted results are rare, although one a...

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Implant Therapy in Cases of Agenesis

GILIANA ZUCCATI, MD, DDS

Osseointegrated implants have been proven reliable as an alternative to bridges in cases of dental agenesis.1-6 In one study, 23 single-tooth titanium implants were placed in 16 patients, seven of who...

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Self-Directed Orthodontic Teams

KAREN MOAWAD, BS

After years of studying productivity in orthodontic practices, I realized that some practices consistently outperform others, even when they are similar in such factors as location and demographics. T...

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RISK MANAGEMENT

Informed Consent for Credit Checks

HARRY R. KINLAW, DDS, DONALD E. MACHEN, DMD, JD

In reference to your column in the March 1993 issue of JCO, I have a question regarding the use of credit checks. We have the equipment to run credit checks, but how should the informed consent be han...

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