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September 1995
Volume 29, Issue 9

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

The Ordeal of Change

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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Bioefficient Therapy

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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Open-Bite Correction with the Magnetic Activator Device IV

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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Win-Win Staff Compensation

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

Facially Bonded Lingual Cleat for Extrusion of an Ectopic Canine

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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Unusual Ectopic Eruption of Maxillary Canines

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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Optimal Light Curing of Adhesive Precoated Brackets

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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