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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD
Since the mid-'90s, evidence-based decision making and its offshoots, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based dentistry, have attracted an almost cult-like following in the clinical sciences. As no...
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ETJE SANDEN DDS, DMD, HANS PANCHERZ DDS, OD, FCDS HK(Hon.), KEN HANSEN DDS, OD
The Herbst* appliance1 is now the most commonly prescribed functional appliance in the United States. Although it has been used in modern orthodontics since 1979,2 its design has changed over the past...
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BOOK REVIEWS
ADRIAN BECKER BDS, LDS, DDO
WILLIAM R. PROFFIT, DDS, PHDRAYMOND P. WHITE, JR., DDS, PHDDAVID M. SARVER, DMD, MS768 pages, 1,665 illustrations. $199. 2003.Mosby11830 Westline Industrial DriveSt. Louis, MO 63146(800) 325-4177; www...
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JCO ROUNDTABLE
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, Moderator, MARGARET M. BRAZONES DDS, MS, ARNOLD J. MALERMAN DDS, ELLIOTT M. MOSKOWITZ DDS, MS, GERALD S. PHIPPS DDS, MS, DAVID M. SARVER DMD, MS
Continued from the February 2004 issue.
DR. GOTTLIEB What are your criteria for serial extraction in Class I crowding cases?
DR. MOSKOWITZ Our criteria go far beyond the degree of crowding present. Si...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
GERALD S. PHIPPS DMD, MS
After a few years of experience, every orthodontist discovers that cases prolonged beyond their estimated treatment times create a substantial drain on time and profits. Equally important, extended tr...
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CASE REPORT
ALDO GIANCOTTI DDS, MS, GAIA ROMANINI DDS, RAFFAELLA DOCIMO MD, DDS
The Essix appliance* is an esthetic removable device thermoformed from plastic copolyester material and retained without clasps by the natural undercuts of the contact points. Two sheets of plastic ma...
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CLINICAL AID
MARC GESERICK DDS, ANDREA WICHELHAUS DDS, PHD
Flowable resin composites have been made with a variety of formulas and viscosities for different uses.1-6 The major advantage of these materials over conventional composites is the simplicity of dire...
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