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781.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 22 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1988
Managing Transfer Cases It has been estimated that 10% of American families move each year. That means every orthodontist is going to experience significant numbers of transfers every year, both in an...
782.
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...
783.
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...
784.
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...
785.
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...
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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 ...
787.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 29 : Number 12 : Page 735 : Dec 1995
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 a bible for th...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Where There Is More Than a Will
Volume 29 : Number 7 : Page 365 : Jul 1996
If 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 arrangement. Death, as they say, is ...
789.
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...
791.
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 ...
792.
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...
793.
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 ...
797.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 34 : Number 12 : Page 689 : Dec 2000
Given the current doldrums and uncertainties in the stock market, this might be a good time to pause and examine what you have invested in equities or other speculative ventures. Actually, no matter w...
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What Hiring Questions Should You Ask?
Volume 35 : Number 2 : Page 89 : Feb 2001
Did you ever reach the point in a job interview when you needed to extract crucial information, but didn't know how to ask the right question? Worse yet, did you ask it in such a way that could lead ...
799.
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 ...
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CASE REPORT
Orthodontic Traction of an Impacted Maxillary Central Incisor
Volume 35 : Number 6 : Page 375 : Jun 2001
Labial impaction occurs in 1%-2% of orthodontic patients,1 with the maxillary canine impacted most frequently.2 Although impaction of maxillary incisors is seen less often, the incisors are more s...
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