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761.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 22 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1988
Defensive Orthodontics In light of the fact that TMJ problems can be caused by everyday occurrences such as a yawn, a wide opening, a blow, occlusal changes, stress, bruxing, and many more, it seems e...
762.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 22 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1988
The Numbers GameIn everyday life, we experience a tyranny of numbers that have been arbitrarily set. Six is the right age to enter the first grade, 16 is the right age to get a driver's license, 18 or...
763.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 23 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1989
Taking the Computer PlungeIn this issue's special products section, JCO focuses on computer systems developed specifically for orthodontists. The first such systems appeared a decade ago, soon after t...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 23 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1989
The Past Is Prologue Forecasting is an inexact science, so a review of the predictions made by JCO'S Senior Editor, Gene Gottlieb, at the beginning of this decade left me with a new appreciation for h...
765.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 25 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1991
Do You Know Your Customers?Editorialists have traditionally used space like this to offer advice to readers. In this issue I would like to reverse that strategy and ask for some advice that will help ...
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How to Maintain the High Tech-High Touch Balance
Volume 27 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1993
Today's orthodontic practice is required to be both "high tech"--on the leading edge of systems for diagnosis, scheduling, practice management, and financial control--and "high touch"--able to provide...
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A System for Thorough Retention Checks
Volume 27 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1993
As an orthodontic practice matures, the number of patients in retention increases. The sheer number of such patients may eventually become a management problem. Rather than arbitrarily shortening the ...
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Volume 28 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 1994
All orthodontists are familiar with the after school rush, which not only causes stress and turmoil, but can extend treatment time and even affect treatment quality. In the late 1980s, this problem se...
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A Fixed-Removable Herbst Appliance
Volume 28 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1994
The Herbst appliance has gained great popularity among orthodontists because it works 24 hours per day, requires minimal patient cooperation, shortens treatment time, and reduces the need for orthogna...
770.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 29 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1995
How's Your EVA?Fortune magazine calls EVA--economic value added--today's hottest financial idea and the one most likely to get even hotter. G. Bennett Stewart III of Stern Stewart and Co. has provided...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Where There Is More Than a Will
Volume 29 : Number 7 : Page 365 : Jul 1996
Where There Is More Than a WillIf you have ever served as an executor of an estate, you are aware of how much harder the job can be if the decedent's records are not available in some systematic arran...
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Treatment of Deep Bite with Bonded Biteplanes
Volume 30 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1996
Bonded biteplanes can be used in Class I and Class II, division 1 and 2 cases for the correction of deep bite with moderate overjet. The shape of these biteplanes was inspired by that of the lingual o...
773.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 31 : Number 9 : Page 547 : Sep 1997
There has been a flurry of interest among management analysts in a training method of the U.S. Army. For a long time, the Army has used field maneuvers to practice tactics and battlefield procedures. ...
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Volume 31 : Number 11 : Page 754 : Nov 1997
Clear thermoplastic appliances have been recommended for use as transitional retainers, finishing appliances,1 and even permanent retainers.2 They are easy to fabricate, inexpensive, esthetic, and com...
775.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 32 : Number 4 : Page 201 : Apr 1998
Fortune magazine recently published a list of the 10 most admired companies in America. They were (from first to 10th place): General Electric, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Southwest ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Viewing the Child Patient as a Customer
Volume 34 : Number 2 : Page 69 : Feb 2000
Peter Drucker turned 90 the other day. You may have read his extraordinary book, The Practice of Management, which in one volume established management as a separate discipline. It did more than that...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 34 : Number 3 : Page 125 : Mar 2000
Growing numbers of orthodontists are turning to web-design services to develop and maintain a presence on the Internet. The main function of these websites is advertising to the general public, and fr...
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The Nance Holding Arch with Bite Rim
Volume 34 : Number 5 : Page 280 : May 2000
Maxillary bite plates, used in patients with severe deep bites to allow placement of mandibular brackets earlier in treatment, are removable, and their effectiveness depends on patient cooperation. Th...
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Patients' Perceptions Before, During, and After Orthodontic Treatment
Volume 34 : Number 10 : Page 591 : Oct 2000
Although many practices survey their patients after treatment, the results of such surveys have not been reported in the literature. This report describes a survey I designed to gain insight into pati...
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The K-9 Spring for Alignment of Impacted Canines
Volume 34 : Number 10 : Page 606 : Oct 2000
Ectopic eruption and impaction of the maxillary permanent canines occurs in about 2% of orthodontic patients.1-4 Impactions are twice as common in females as in males,5 and the incidence of palatal ...
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