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October 2007
Volume 41, Issue 10

THE EDITOR'S CORNER

The Power of the Pyramid

ROBERT G. KEIM DDS, EdD, PhD

This fall, I had the honor of serving as one of the speakers at the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists' annual session, held in Monterey, California. Under the theme of "Emerging Tools and Technol...

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CASE REPORT

Delayed Eruption of a Maxillary Second Premolar Due to a Late Bud

ROSALIA LEONARDI DDS, MS, CLAUDIA LOMBARDO DDS, ERSILIA BARBATO DDS, MS

Delayed eruption of permanent teeth has been attributed to local, systemic, and genetic factors,1-7 but only a few cases of delayed eruption due to late bud development have been reported. Silva Filho...

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JCO ROUNDTABLE The Future of Orthodontics, Part 2: Management and Other Issues

DAVID S. VOGELS III Moderator, R.G. "WICK" ALEXANDER DDS, MSD, LUIS CARRIERE DDS, MSD, PhD, GAYLE GLENN DDS, MSD, ELLIOTT M. MOSKOWITZ DDS, MS, W. RONALD REDMOND DDS, MS, JONATHAN SANDLER BDS, MSC, FDS RCPS, MOrth RCS

Continued from Part I Management MR. VOGELS To what extent is your office "paperless"? What new computer technologies do you think may emerge during the next decade to make practice management even mo...

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2007 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 1: Trends

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

This article describes trends in the economics and administration of U.S. orthodontic practices over the quarter-century since the first biennial JCO Orthodontic Practice Study was conducted in 1981. ...

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2007 JCO ORTHODONTIC PRACTICE STUDY: ECONOMICS AND PRACTICE ADMINISTRATION (complete tables)

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

Subscribers: After logging in, click on the Acrobat PDF icon that will appear above the article title to download a PDF of the complete 2007 Practice Study (268K).

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Uprighting Mandibular Second Molars with Direct Miniscrew Anchorage

KEE-JOON LEE DDS, PhD, YOUNG-CHEL PARK DDS, PhD, WOO-SANG HWANG DDS, MS, EUI-HYANG SEONG DDS

Partial or total impaction of the mandibular second molar is relatively rare, occurring in only .3% of the general population and 2-3% of orthodontic patients.1,2 Causes may include arch-length defici...

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CLINICAL AID A Non-Invasive Method for Ending Thumb- and Fingersucking Habits

JEFFREY T. KOZLOWSKI DDS

Thumb- and fingersucking habits can have many negative consequences in terms of dental and skeletal growth. My office has discovered a simple, non-invasive method for ending these habits, which we hav...

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PEARLS

A Charitable Way to Charge for Replacement Retainers

ROBERT PICKRON DDS

Like many orthodontists, I normally include an initial retainer in the total treatment fee. If a patient loses or breaks a retainer, a replacement is provided at one-half the usual fee of $250 for a H...

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