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November 1995
Volume 29, Issue 11

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

It's About Time

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS

It's About Time Here is an interesting group of data: JCO Orthodontic Practice Studies have consistently reported that the standard for length of full orthodontic treatment is 24 months, and that the ...

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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

Promoting the Orthodontic Office & Internal Marketing & Innovations in Orthodontics & Painless Collections

MELVIN MAYERSON, DDS, MSD, CAROLYN A. MORTENSEN, RDA, KATHI GRIST, RDA, ADA HINDA ALPERN, RDH, CAREN PERRA

Whether we orthodontists like to admit it or not, most of the management and marketing functions in our offices are carried out by staff members. The doctor may have overall responsibility for develop...

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1995 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 2: Practice Success

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON, PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS III

Editor's note: Parts 1 and 3 of this series are published in the October and December 1995 issues of JCO.Last month, we discussed trends in orthodontic economics and practice administration since the ...

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Skeletal Changes Associated with Plate-Headgear Therapy in the Early Mixed Dentition

JAN DE BAETS, DMD, J.P. SCHATZ , DMD, J.P. JOHO, DMD, MSD

Orthopedic correction of Class II skeletal jaw dysplasias in growing children is a widely accepted treatment approach.1 Conventional methods involve inhibition of excessive forward and downward growth...

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Temporary Space Maintainer for Broken Appliances

JESUS FERNANDEZ SANCHEZ, MD, DDS, MS, MARTA MATA MONEDERO , DDS

When a Nance holding arch fractures during molar distalization with a device such as a Jones Jig or a nickel titanium spring (Fig. 1), space can be lost while the appliance is being repaired. This art...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Indirect Bonding of a Malformed Lateral Incisor

L. DOUGLAS KNIGHT, DMD, FAGD

Malformed maxillary lateral incisors occur in about 19% of the population.1 Restoring such an incisor to a normal size and shape prior to orthodontic therapy will not only improve the patient's occlus...

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Treatment of Palatally Impacted Cuspids with the Extrusion Spring Arm

SALLY J. TERRY, MARK E. THOMSON, DDS

Various methods have been proposed for extrusion of a palatally impacted cuspid.1-4 However, none provides the access and control of the Extrusion Spring Arm presented in this article. Spring Design a...

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Use of Finite Element Analysis in Assessing Stress Distribution During Debonding

P. EMILE ROSSOUW, BSC, BCHD, MCHD, PHD, EUGENE TERBLANCHE, BSC, BE, ME

Bonding and debonding procedures have many variables,1,2 which has made this a fertile area for research. One area that has not been extensively investigated, however, is the development of visual str...

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