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April 1998
Volume 32, Issue 4

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Take Me to Your Leader

LARRY W. WHITE DDS, MSD

Fortune magazine recently published a list of the 10 most admired companies in America. They were (from first to 10th place): General Electric, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Southwest ...

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The Cervical Vertebrae as Maturational Indicators

PATRICIA GARCÍA-FERNANDEZ DDS, MS, HILDA TORRE DDS, MS, LUIS FLORES MD, JESUS REA DDS

Because of individual variation, physiological and anatomical maturity cannot be accurately assessed by age alone. Other parameters, such as growth velocity, secondary sex changes, dental development,...

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CASE REPORT

Use of SPEED Supercable with Sectional Mechanics

MARIELLE BLAKE BDS, FDS(Orth), DOrth, MOrth, MRCDC, M. THÉRÈSE GARVEY BDS, MS, FDS, DOrth, MOrth

A maxillary permanent central incisor can fail to erupt because of a midline supernumerary or a retained deciduous incisor. When spontaneous eruption of the permanent incisor does not occur after remo...

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Prevention of Third-Party Eye Injuries from Outer Facebows

NAPHTALI BREZNIAK MD, DMD, MSD, ATALIA WASSERSTEIN DMD, EINY SHMUEL DMD, MSD

Facial injuries from orthodontic facebows have been reported sporadically over the past 30 years.1-4 Samuels recently recommended modifications to inner bows that could increase headgear safety.5,6 Th...

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THE READERS' CORNER

Esthetic Brackets and Partnerships & Associates

JOHN J. SHERIDAN DDS, MSD

On what percentage of cases are you using esthetic brackets? Forty-five percent of the respondents used esthetic brackets on 5% or fewer of their cases. Another 40% used them on 6-15% of their patient...

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Self-Confidence of General Dentists in Diagnosing Malocclusion and Referring Patients to Orthodontists

PETER NGAN DMD, HOMA AMINI DDS

During the past 20 years, the provision of dental care in the United States has changed, partly due to a decline in dental caries and an increase in the number of dentists.1 More general dentists and ...

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Supercable and the SPEED System

JEFF BERGER BDS, DOrth, FRIEDRICH K. BYLOFF DDS, DOrth, MD, TOM WARAM BS

The ideal initial archwire has superior strength and flexibility, resists permanent deformation, and maximizes both patient comfort and physiologic tooth movement. The limited flexibility of the origi...

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Nickel Titanium Double-Loop System for Simultaneous Distalization of First and Second Molars

ALDO GIANCOTTI DDS, MS, PAOLA COZZA MD, DDS, MS

Superelastic nickel titanium wires have been found as effective as other means in producing distal movement of the maxillary first molars. When the distalization is carried out before the second molar...

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