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March 2005
Volume 39, Issue 3

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

If the Staff Ain't Happy . . .

ROBERT G. KEIM, DDS, EDD, PHD

If the Staff Ain't Happy . . .Over the 25 or so years I have been in practice, I've come to divide my days at work into four categories. These were developed in an entirely unscientific manner, based ...

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Temporary Anchorage Devices: A Status Report

JAMES MAH, DDS, MS, DMS, FREDRIK BERGSTRAND, DDS, JOHN W. GRAHAM, DDS, MD (Commentary)

Before the 2004 AAO meeting in Orlando, a group convened to discuss one of the hottest topics in orthodontics--skeletal anchorage or "temporary anchorage devices" (TADs). Hosted by 3M Unitek, the even...

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Transforce Lingual Appliances for Arch Development

WILLIAM J. CLARK, BDS, DDO

Transforce lingual appliances are a new seriesof preadjusted fixed-removable devicesdesigned to develop archform in patients withcontracted dental arches (Fig. 1). They are readilyintegrated with conv...

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CASE REPORT

Uprighting a Horizontally Impacted Mandibular Second Molar

SANDHYA JAIN, MDS, MRAGENDRA RAKA, DDS, ARUN SANDEY, DDS

The incidence of impacted secondmolars has been estimatedat as many as three in 1,000cases. Because the second molarstend to erupt at a mesialangle, mesially rotated impactionsare fairly common incase...

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JCO Survey of Orthodontic Staff Job Satisfaction

ROBERT G. KEIM, DDS, EDD, PHD, EUGENE L. GOTTLIEB, DDS, ALLEN H. NELSON, PHD, DAVID S. VOGELS III

Skilled and personable staff members are criticalto the success of any orthodontic practice.Once the best people are found and they areproperly trained, the orthodontist's next challengeis to retain t...

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BOOK REVIEWS

ELLIOTT M. MOSKOWITZ, DDS, MSD

Reviewed here: Arvystas: Orthodontic Management of Agenesis and OtherComplexities: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Functional Esthetics (2003).Orthodontic Management of Agenesis and Other Complexitie...

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OVERVIEW

The Eight Components of a Balanced Smile

ROY SABRI, DDS, MS

In orthodontic treatment, esthetics has traditionally been associated with profile enhancement. Both the Angle classification of malocclusion and the cephalometric analysis have focused attention on t...

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2005 AAO CONVENTION

Savoring San Francisco

DAVID S. VOGELS III

If you didn't leave your heart in San Franciscoin 1995, the last time the AAO visited for itsannual meeting, you'll have another chance May20-24. Here is JCO's guide to dining, culture,shopping, and r...

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