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March 2004
Volume 38, Issue 3

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

The Weight of the Evidence

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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Complications During Herbst Appliance Treatment

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

Contemporary Treatment of Dentofacial Deformity

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

Early Orthodontic Treatment, Part 2

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

Seven Keys to On-Time Finishing

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

Early Treatment of Anterior Crossbite with an Essix-Based Appliance

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

A Color-Reactivated Flowable Composite for Bonding Lingual Retainers

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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