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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
LARRY W. WHITE, DDS, MSD
The Ordeal of Change Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman-philosopher, described in his book The Ordeal of Change the fear, uncertainty, and hesitancy he suffered as a migrant farm worker in California when ...
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ANTHONY D. VIAZIS, DDS, MS
New technology used in manufacturing orthodontic wires and brackets has allowed clinicians to reduce the forces used to move teeth and thus to achieve a more biocompatible intervention with less patie...
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M. ALI DARENDELILER, DDS, MSD, SEMA YÜKSEL, DDS, MSD, ORHAN MERAL, DDS
Skeletal open bites are caused mainly by overeruption of the upper posterior teeth and/or vertical overgrowth of the posterior dentoalveolar complex, either of which implies a posterior rotation of th...
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CHARLENE WHITE, BS
Today's orthodontist needs to compensate staff well to attract and keep high-quality employees on the team. Most orthodontic staff persons are women. Women are not working for extra income any more; t...
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CLINICAL AID
DONALD J. RINCHUSE, DMD, MS, MDS, PHD
Placing an archwire above the bracket slot to extrude posterior teeth was discussed in a previous article.1 An extension of this concept is the unorthodox use of a bonded lingual cleat for extrusion o...
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DR. YASAR GÖYENÇ, DR. A. IHYA KARAMAN, DR. ALPASIAN GÖKALP
The maxillary permanent canine develops under the orbit, superior and palatal to the first premolar and lateral incisor. During its long eruption, the canine moves labially and mesially and can be pal...
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ANDREW I. PEARSON, BDS, FDS RCS, MMS, MOrth
Both in vivo and in vitro testing have shown that the use of light-cured adhesives for bonding orthodontic brackets should produce bond strengths and failure rates similar to those of chemically cured...
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