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901.
Practice Status Report: Practice Economics and Activity
Volume 22 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1988
Case reports customarily describe treatment of malocclusions. This Practice Status Report describes and compares two practices with regard to practice economics and activity--based on a number of fact...
902.
Volume 22 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1988
This month's topics are dietary recommendations and medicolegal issues.1. What dietary recommendations do you offer to young patients? to adolescent patients? to adult patients? The respondents were f...
903.
Volume 22 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1988
In the early part of my career I used to think, "If only I could find good help, and if only 'the girls' had the same interest in and conviction of the importance of orthodontics that I have, how wond...
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The Modular Palatal Disjunctor Appliance
Volume 23 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1989
Development of a modular, easily removable palatal expander was prompted by the need for increased precision and working comfort during maxillary surgery. It was designed for a patient with hypertelor...
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Volume 23 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1989
The term "TMJ" is often used to describe a variety of disorders that affect the jaw complex, as well as the inner relationship of the cranium to the cervical complex. The more correct term is "craniom...
906.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 24 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1990
As We Enter the '90s Beginning in the late 1960s, orthodontists were aware of an unfavorable whipsaw effect of decreasing births and increasing numbers of orthodontists. For a predominantly child serv...
907.
Volume 24 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1990
The topics are staff training and second molar extraction.1. How do you handle operatory staff training? Virtually all the respondents reported using a combination of several different techniques. Dir...
908.
CASE REPORT
Gingival Recession and Fenestration in Orthodontic Treatment
Volume 24 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1990
Loss of attachment and subsequent gingival recession have been observed in orthodontic patients, particularly in the mandibular anterior region.1 One study concluded that areas with less than 22mm of ...
909.
Modified Maxillary Splint for Class II, Division 1 Treatment
Volume 25 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1991
Class II orthodontic therapy is ideally directed at both the correction of dentoalveolar disharmony and the attainment of an esthetic and functional dental-skeletal relationship.1,2 As a result, a wid...
910.
The Effect of a Contingency Contracting Procedure on Patient Compliance with Removable Retention
Volume 25 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1991
Patient non-compliance is a significant concern for most orthodontists.1 A recent study of 75 patients, age 8 to 14, at a university orthodontic clinic found notable non-compliance with regimens of or...
911.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 27 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1993
Here and There ITEM--An article in a recent issue of the ADA News reported on a lawsuit in which the ADA is challenging OSHA's bloodborne-pathogens standard. The suit was accompanied by a number of af...
912.
Rapid Maxillary Expansion in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients
Volume 28 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1994
After primary repairs of bilateral complete cleft lip and palate in children, maxillary segments are brought together by the restored lip function, thus exacerbating the maxillary constriction, partic...
913.
Entrepreneurial Strategies for Financial Success
Volume 30 : Number 10 : Page 567 : Oct 1996
The following article is reprinted by permission from The Blair/McGill Advisory, published monthly by Blair, McGill & Company, 4601 Charlotte Park Drive, Suite 230, Charlotte, NC 28217. (704) 424-...
914.
Volume 32 : Number 10 : Page 611 : Oct 1998
This paper will introduce a method of treatment for Class II malocclusions that requires but a single phase of mechanics and reduces reliance upon patient compliance for consistent and predictable cas...
915.
The SUPERspring II: A New Appliance for Non-Compliant Class II Patients
Volume 33 : Number 1 : Page 50 : Jan 1999
Class II patients' lack of compliance with wearing elastics and headgear can add significantly to treatment time and practice overhead. In recent years, a number of devices have been developed that do...
916.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 33 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1999
I was able to attend two of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's courses on Total Quality Management before his death a few years ago, and I will always be happy that I could avail myself of that knowledge. Dr. De...
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JCO Orthodontic Retirement Survey
Volume 33 : Number 4 : Page 209 : Apr 1999
The JCO Orthodontic Retirement Survey questionnaire was mailed to 633 orthodontists who were selected at random from among JCO subscribers. There were 289 responses--a 46% response rate. The average ...
918.
New Tax Law Can Triple Retirement Plan Contributions
Volume 33 : Number 6 : Page 352 : Jun 1999
The following article is reprinted by permission from The Blair/McGill Advisory, a monthly dental practice management and financial newsletter published by Blair, McGill & Company, 2810 Coliseum C...
919.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
The Information Revolution and Orthodontics
Volume 33 : Number 11 : Page 613 : Nov 1999
The latest JCO Orthodontic Practice Study shows that more than 93% of orthodontists now have computers in their practices. These machines have undoubtedly made many of our common processes more predic...
920.
CASE REPORT
Bilateral Transposition of Maxillary Canines to the Incisor Region
Volume 33 : Number 11 : Page 651 : Nov 1999
The following case illustrates the orthodontic and restorative management of a Class III patient with bilateral transposition of maxillary canines to the incisor region, complicated by canine impact...
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