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July 1998
Volume 32, Issue 7

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

Self-Organization as Practice Management

EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS

The business and professional fields have been through so many management fads, it begins to appear that we are willing victims of a sect of management gurus who make a living writing variations on a ...

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Osseointegrated Implants for Maximum Orthodontic Anchorage

ALBERTO R. MAZZOCCHI MD, DDS, SILVIA BERNINI DDS

Endosseous implants, which are commonly used to replace missing teeth in partially edentulous patients, may also provide ideal anchorage for mesiodistal orthodontic tooth movement, as demonstrated by ...

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TECHNIQUE CLINIC

Use of Light-Cured Composite for Bonding Mandibular Lingual Retainers

RICHARD M. PORT DDS, MS

Several articles have dealt with the design, placement, and polishing of bonded mandibular lingual retainers.1-5 This type of retainer is adjacent to the sublingual salivary canal and therefore tends ...

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CASE REPORT

Orthodontic Traction of a Permanent Canine Through a Secondary Bone Graft in a Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patient

OMAR GABRIEL DA SILVA FILHO DDS, MSD, HELENA YUKO OKADA DDS, LEOPOLDINO CAPELOZZA FILHO DDS, MSD, PHD, ROBERTO MACOTO SUGUIMOTO DDS, MSD

The treatment protocol for patients with complete unilateral clefts of the lip and palate1 (UCLP) in our center at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, includes cheiloplasty, performed after the age o...

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Shear Bond Strengths of Chemically and Light-Cured Resin-Modified Ionomers

STEPHEN M. COHEN DDS, MS, RICHARD MARULLI DMD, ROBERT E. BINDER DMD, T.K. VAIDYANATHAN PHD

Despite the widespread usage and highly predictable results of composite resins in bonding to acid-etched enamel, these adhesives have a high degree of technique sensitivity, beginning with the need t...

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THE READERS' CORNER

Managing Change and Toothbrushing Stations

JOHN J. SHERIDAN DDS, MSD

What change or changes in your office have been most traumatic for your staff? How did the trauma manifest itself? What was the solution to the problem? The vast majority of replies involved convertin...

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Esthetic Factors Involved in Anterior Tooth Display and the Smile: Vertical Dimension

BJORN U. ZACHRISSON DDS, MSD, PHD

Several mistakes are commonly made during orthodontic treatment of both routine and difficult cases, especially when it comes to the patient's display of the dentition in rest position, normal convers...

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Early Surgical Management of Impacted Mandibular Second Molars

ALBERT H. OWEN III DDS

About 2-3% of mandibular second molars in my practice erupt mesially impacted--a figure that agrees with published reports.1-3 I have sometimes spent several extra months of treatment uprighting these...

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