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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EDD, PHD
The cardinal rule of case presentations is to allow enough time so that you can strongly encourage questions from patients and their parents. Failure to do so is simply courting disaster later on, and...
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DAN COUNIHAN BDS, FDS, FFD, MOrth, DDOrth
Over the past 20 years, there has been an increase in the percentage of nonextraction cases in the average orthodontic practice, which now stands as high as 80%.1 There are many reasons for this trend...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
R. ANDREW GIRARDOT JR. DDS
I am happy to serve as guest editor for this column, in which Dr. Andy Girardot provides an excellent system for improving staff motivation, office efficiency, and profitability. The concept of reward...
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THE CUTTING EDGE
JOHN HUANG DMD, DMS, AXEL BUMANN DDS, PHD, JAMES MAH DDS, MS, MRCD, DMS
This month's Cutting Edge gives us a peek at the future of our specialty. Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and the three-dimensional analyses developed from it are destined to propel orthodontic d...
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SUNIL HIRANI BS, BDS, MS, FDS RCS, MOrth RCS
Adhesive Precoated (APC) brackets* were introduced in 1991 to save the clinician the time spent in preparing the adhesive for direct bonding and applying it to the bracket.1 The APC brackets, which ar...
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STUART L. SEGELNICK DDS, MS, MONIRA UDDIN DDS, ELLIOTT M. MOSKOWITZ DDS, MSD
Teeth that have been fractured at or below the level of the osseous crest present a substantial restorative challenge. Orthodontic forced eruption can be a useful adjunct to a successful restoration i...
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CASE REPORT
MATHEUS MELO PITHON DDS, CARLOS VENTURA DE OLIVEIRA RUELLAS DDS, ANTÔNIO CARLOS DE OLIVEIRA RUELLAS DDS, MS, PHD
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by either partial or total deficiency of insulin or by a resistance to that hormone, leading to an increase in blood glucose levels and subseque...
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