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January 1994
Volume 28, Issue 1

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

A Good Word about Failure

LARRY W. WHITE, DDS, MSD

A Good Word about FailureGeneral George S. Patton summed up most Americans' feelings about winning and losing in his famous speech to his troops during World War II: "Americans love a winner and will ...

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CASE REPORT

Combined Fixed-Functional Class II Treatment

G.L.P.M.M. VAN DER SCHUEREN , DDS, A.A. DE SMIT, DDS, PHD

Class II, division 1 and 2 cases often involve both dental and skeletal problems. Functional appliances have been shown to produce beneficial effects in growing patients with Class II malocclusions, b...

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Overhead Reduction: Is Bigger Always Better?

EDWARD F. SULLIVAN , DDS, MSD

Businesses all over the world, and especially in the United States, are attempting to downsize, streamline, and reduce the number of their employees and the size of their plants. One company after ano...

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RISK MANAGEMENT

DONALD E. MACHEN, DMD, JD

Several months ago my friend John, a general dentist, called to ask me for help. It seems he was working in another office about 40 minutes from mine, covering for Ralph, a general dentist who had an ...

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Rapid Maxillary Expansion in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients

LEOPOLDINO CAPELOZZA FILHO, DDS, MS, DO, ARACI MALAGODI DE ALMEIDA, DDS, WEBER J.S. URSI, DDS, MS, DO

After primary repairs of bilateral complete cleft lip and palate in children, maxillary segments are brought together by the restored lip function, thus exacerbating the maxillary constriction, partic...

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Modified Nance Appliance for Cases with Missing Anterior Teeth

R.D. EVANS, BSC, BDS, MSCD, FDSRCS, MOrth RCS, A.G. JONES, BDS , MSC, FDSRCS, MOrth RCS

Patients who present with missing anterior teeth usually have fixed or removable prostheses. Because anterior bridgework can interfere with tooth alignment, it often must be removed prior to orthodont...

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Flexible Lip Bumpers for Arch Development

MARCEL KORN, DMD, EVERETT SHAPIRO, DMD

Mechanical widening of the arches has largely been replaced in orthodontics by the use of such procedures as sutural opening, functional appliances that limit the constricting effect of the buccal mus...

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Nickel Titanium Uprighting Spring

JON M. KRAUT, DMD, MS

Uprighting springs have long been an integral part of various orthodontic techniques (Fig. 1). Their applications have included root uprighting after retraction of canines and premolars, braking mecha...

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