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2681.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 30 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1996
Rational Expectations II Managed care has been advocated as the prime solution to containing costs of medical services, and its application to dentistry is increasing. Orthodontics is usually an elect...
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Computer-Aided Fabrication of Bonded Lingual Retainers
Volume 29 : Number 10 : Page 559 : Oct 1996
Since the introduction of acid etching, several methods and a variety of wires have been proposed for fabrication and direct or indirect bonding of fixed retainers to the lingual surfaces of the lower...
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Efficacy of Collection Methods in Orthodontic Practices
Volume 31 : Number 2 : Page 103 : Feb 1997
Management experts have suggested that orthodontic offices may not be aggressive or efficient enough in collecting fees to compete with other financial obligations and discretionary purchases.1-6 Cred...
2684.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 31 : Number 3 : Page 141 : Mar 1997
A friend recently confided about a patient who, a few years after completing orthodontic treatment, sought the help of a periodontist for receding gingivae. The periodontist told the patient that all ...
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Comparison of Essix and Hawley Retainers
Volume 32 : Number 2 : Page 95 : Feb 1998
Essix* retainers were introduced in 1993 as an esthetic, comfortable, and inexpensive alternative to traditional fixed and removable orthodontic retainers.1 They are thermoformed from plastic, copolye...
2686.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 33 : Number 2 : Page 69 : Feb 1999
To my knowledge, Clayton Christensen is the first management consultant to suggest that dominant, well-managed firms can fail because of what they do right. They can listen to their customers, careful...
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Effects of Head Posture on Headgear Force Application
Volume 33 : Number 2 : Page 94 : Feb 1999
The type of headgear selected for a particular case depends on both the clinician's preference and the diagnosis, with major considerations including vertical face height, overbite, mandibular plane a...
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The .018" Nickel Titanium Stop for Prevention of Archwire Crawl
Volume 33 : Number 4 : Page 236 : Apr 1999
Nickel titanium wires, with their extreme flexibility, high shape memory, resistance to distortion, and virtually friction-free surfaces, have greatly alleviated the problems of initial archwire place...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Profit Realization: A New Standard of Practice Success
Volume 33 : Number 6 : Page 333 : Jun 1999
When I first started practice nearly 25 years ago, the focus of many consultants and practice-management lecturers was on gross production. That was the way to evaluate the success of a practice. Man...
2690.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 33 : Number 9 : Page 481 : Sep 1999
Built-in torque has undoubtedly made orthodontists' lives easier, but it would be a delusion to think that there is a formula that works for every case. A bracket prescription may work just right a p...
2691.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 33 : Number 12 : Page 669 : Dec 1999
The first cellular phone Lue and I bought a few years ago cost more than $900. We thought it was a little expensive, but probably worth the investment. The other day we purchased a new one that is muc...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Volume 34 : Number 3 : Page 145 : Mar 2000
Our guest columnist for this edition is Dr. Robert Fry from Olathe, Kansas. Together with his associate, Dr. Arlen Staab, he presents a new perspective on finding an associate. With the large number o...
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JCO INTERVIEWS
Dr. Rohit C.L. Sachdeva on A Total Orthodontic Care Solution Enabled by Breakthrough Technology
Volume 34 : Number 4 : Page 223 : Apr 2000
DR. WHITE You have recently devoted all of your efforts to the development of what seems to be a revolutionary computer-based method of diagnosis and treatment. Could you tell us something about this ...
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Adjusting Essix Appliances at Chairside
Volume 34 : Number 4 : Page 236 : Apr 2000
The Essix* appliance, first described in this journal in 1993,1 is a removable plastic device that is practically invisible (Fig. 1), inexpensive, and quickly fabricated. It has minimal bulk and supe...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
The Habitual Vision of Greatness
Volume 34 : Number 5 : Page 261 : May 2000
One of my friends had the good fortune of studying with Alfred North Whitehead after the great philosopher and mathematician came from England to Harvard for a short period. One of the most enduring l...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 34 : Number 8 : Page 451 : Aug 2000
My transition from private professional life to an academic one at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio is only a few months old. I came to UTHSCSA to direct the new orthodonti...
2697.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 2 : Page 69 : Feb 2001
I have heard retirement described as one of the seven wonders of the world: I wonder what I am going to do on Monday, I wonder what I am going to do on Tuesday, and so on. Another viewpoint is summed ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 3 : Page 127 : Mar 2001
Several years ago, I noticed that I was converting into patients only about 70% of the people who came to my office and had records made. Not only that, but many of the 30% who did not choose to have ...
2699.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 4 : Page 201 : Apr 2001
Johnny Mercer could not have known when he wrote the song, "Accentuate the Positive", that he was forecasting a 21st-century management theory, but four lines of that lyric capture exactly the idea pr...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 7 : Page 409 : Jul 2001
The facial photographs that most orthodontists take for before-and-after records can play an important part in the diagnostic process. Although frontal analysis is generally neglected, both a frontal ...
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