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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS
One of the great unknowns in orthodontics is what happens to our completed cases post-treatment. What happens to those patients on permanent retention who drift away from the practice? What happens pe...
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JCO INTERVIEWS
RICHARD P. McLAUGHLIN DDS, ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD
DR. KEIM Dr. McLaughlin, your new book, Facial and Dental Planning for Orthodontists and Oral Surgeons, co-authored with Dr. Bill Arnett,1 focuses on diagnosis and treatment planning. What do you see ...
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THE READERS' CORNER
JOHN J. SHERIDAN, DDS, MSD
Do you use non-compliance appliances?
Seventy percent of the clinicians reported that they "sometimes" used non-compliance devices;8% "always" used them, and 3% "never" used them.
Under what circumsta...
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ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD, EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS III
Responses to the JCO Survey of Referring Dentists offer orthodontists many clues about forming better relationships with GPs. The survey was mailed on June 30, 2003, to an arbitrary sampling of 5,000 ...
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LUIS CARRIERE DDS, MSD
The Carrière Distalizer* is a simple and efficient fixed functional appliance for Class II treatment (Fig. 1). Developed by the author with advanced computer technology, it represents an evolution of ...
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JEFF ROTHENBERG DMD, ERIC S. CAMPBELL DDS, MDS, RAVINDRA NANDA BDS, MDS, PHD
Molar distalization in Class II cases has been accomplished with various functional appliances, including fixed interarch appliances, such as the Herbst* and Jasper Jumper**, and fixed intra-arch appl...
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OVERVIEW
PAOLA COZZA MD, DDS, MS, FABIANA BALLANTI DDS, LORENA PRETE DDS
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder of sleep and breathing characterized by intermittent upper airway obstruction during sleep.1 It has a number of harmful effects, including ex...
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