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May 1996
Volume 30, Issue 5

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

People, Product, and Profit

LARRY W. WHITE, DDS, MSD

People, Product, and Profit In the February issue of JCO, I reported on a book by James Collins and Jerry Porras (Built to Last, Harper Business Books, New York, 1994) that contains lessons for orthod...

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Use of an Impacted Post for Anchorage

FREDERIC BOUSQUET, DSO, PHILIPPE BOUSQUET, DUO, GEORGES MAURAN, DUO, PIERRE PARGUEL, DUO

Endosseous implants made from a variety of materials and designs have been used as anchors to facilitate orthodontic and orthopedic retraction.1-15 Impacted posts are also used for suturing in periodo...

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Organic Polymer Wire for Esthetic Maxillary Retainers

MIEKO WATANABE, DDS, SHUNSUKE NAKATA, DDS, DDSC, TADASHI MORISHITA, DDS

Patients who have worn esthetic ceramic or plastic brackets during orthodontic treatment are likely to want esthetic retainers after treatment. Although fixed lingual mandibular retainers are inconspi...

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Molar Rotation and Beyond

MAURICE C. CORBETT, DDS

Studies have shown that 90-95% of all Angle Class II malocclusions have mesial rotations of the upper first permanent molars.1-6 Correcting these rotations can result in space gains of 1-2mm per side ...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Correction of Posterior Single-Tooth Crossbite

DR. K.F. LIM

One of the most challenging situations in orthodontics is posterior crowding caused by a buccally erupted second permanent molar (Fig. A). The conventional ap proach, with labial fixed appliances, req...

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A New Look at Indirect Bonding

ELLIOTT M. MOSKOWITZ, DDS, MSD, L. DOUGLAS KNIGHT, DDS, JOHN J. SHERIDAN, DDS, MSD, TIMOTHY ESMAY, DDS, KRUNO TOVILO, DMD

Direct bonding has long been the standard technique for placing orthodontic brackets.1,2 It is not without problems, however, including limited access to surfaces of malposed teeth, the possibility of...

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PEARLS

Vacation Scheduling

H. WARREN YOUNGQUIST, DDS, MS

We use an incentive system to encourage team members to take the same vacation time as the orthodontist. Time-and-a-half is paid for vacation days if they are taken when the doctor is out of the offic...

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PEARLS

Feedback Card

JOSEPH A. LENARD, DDS, MBA

Our patient-parent feedback card is given to the patient at every visit. It tells the parent what was done at the appointment, how treatment is progressing (which also makes me keep up with this), and...

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Fixed Biteplanes for Treatment of Deep Bite

SIMON JACKSON, BCHD, P.J. SANDLER, BDS, FDS RCPS, MOrth, MSC

Bite-opening procedures are usually instituted early in treatment, both to maximize patient cooperation and to allow anteroposterior tooth movements that might otherwise be hindered by the deep bite. ...

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