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Volume 20 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1986
Choosing an office location--whether for a new graduate or for an established orthodontist seeking a satellite or new site--can be complicated and time-consuming. This article outlines potential sourc...
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Clinical Implications of Advances in Orthognathic Surgery
Volume 23 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1989
Considerable recent progress has been made in the refinement of diagnostic and treatment-planning procedures for surgical-orthodontic treatment.1-7 Advances in four major areas have revolutionized ort...
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Clinical Use of Silicone Elastomer Appliances
Volume 23 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1989
Kesling introduced the tooth positioner for artistic finishing in 1945,1 and proposed a series of positioners for graduated movement toward a corrected occlusion in 1946.2 Because these positioners we...
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Volume 23 : Number 11 : Page 0 : Nov 1989
The Bass removable orthopedic appliance system1-4 (Fig. 1) can be used in growing patients with skeletal Class II malocclusions to optimize facial appearance and to rapidly and effectively correct the...
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Computerized Scheduling: Pros and Cons
Volume 24 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1990
Several of the companies producing orthodontic management software today offer computerized scheduling modules. With these programs, it is no longer necessary to maintain a paper appointment book. The...
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Volume 26 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1992
This month's topics are positioner appliances and employee embezzlement.1. In what percentage of your cases do you use a positioner appliance?Although 77% of the respondents said they used positioners...
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Volume 27 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 1993
Topics include slot sizes, full vs. segmented arches, and use of loops; and inventory methods. 1. What slot size do you typically use? Fifty-seven percent of the clinicians reported using an .018"X.02...
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Volume 27 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1993
Topics include TMJ and practice newsletters.1. What percentage of your orthodontic patients would you estimate show TMJ signs or symptoms before treatment? during treatment? after treatment? Responses...
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When Will You Be Ready To Retire?
Volume 32 : Number 2 : Page 91 : Feb 1998
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, 4601 Charlotte ...
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A New and Improved Indirect Bonding Technique
Volume 33 : Number 1 : Page 17 : Jan 1999
Most orthodontists will agree that brackets can be positioned more accurately on study casts than directly on teeth in the mouth. Yet as recently as 1996, fewer than 10% of orthodontists routinely use...
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JCO ROUNDTABLE
Ethics in Orthodontic Practice, Part 5
Volume 33 : Number 7 : Page 383 : Jul 1999
Editor's Note: The participants in this discussion are JCO subscribers who were chosen at random. Other topics are explored in the March, April, May, and June 1999 issues. DR. GOTTLIEB A patient has b...
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OVERVIEW
Development of Orthodontic Micro-Implants for Intraoral Anchorage
Volume 6 : Number 6 : Page 321 : Jun 2003
Successful orthodontic treatment has always required intraoral anchorage with a high resistance to displacement. Extraoral traction can be an effective reinforcement, but demands exceptional patient c...
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THE READERS' CORNER
Assistant Training and Outsourcing
Volume 39 : Number 12 : Page 703 : Dec 2005
Which media do you use to train new chairside assistants? A substantial majority of clinicians "sometimes" used textbooks for training assistants; 80% reported "frequently" or "sometimes" using semina...
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A Modified ACCO for Class II Nonextraction Treatment
Volume 40 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 2006
This article describes a modified, second-generation Acrylic Cervical Occipital (ACCO) appliance.1 The first ACCO, developed by Margolis, was a modification of the Hawley retainer, with the addition o...
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THE READERS' CORNER
Various Corrections and Cosmetic Finishing
Volume 41 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 2007
(Editor’s Note: The Readers’ Corner is a quarterly feature of JCO in which orthodontists share their experiences and opinions about treatment and practice management. Pairs of questions are mailed per...
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Treatment of Skeletal-Origin Gummy Smiles with Miniscrew Anchorage
Volume 42 : Number 5 : Page 285 : May 2008
Excessive gingival display during smiling, or a "gummy smile", may result from a variety of etiological factors. Proper diagnosis is critical before beginning treatment.1-10 In adult patients, when th...
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CASE REPORT
Nonsurgical Treatment of an Adult with Severe Anterior Open Bite
Volume 45 : Number 6 : Page 341 : Jun 2011
Open bites associated with digit-sucking habits and tongue thrust are mainly dental in nature and can usually be managed with Habit interception and orthodontic treatment. If such habits continue into...
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Practical and Esthetic Considerations in Adult Canine-Extraction Treatment
Volume 47 : Number 6 : Page 353 : Jun 2013
Orthodontists generally avoid canine extractions because of the importance of these teeth in establishing a functional, esthetically correct occlusion. Not only are the canines necessary in guiding la...
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CASE REPORT
Early Class III Treatment with a Facemask Anchored by Fixed Appliances
Volume 47 : Number 7 : Page 419 : Jul 2013
Class III malocclusion has a multifactorial etiology involving both genetic and environmental causes.1-3 It can be characterized by a prognathic mandible, a retrognathic maxilla, or both,1,4 and is so...
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CASE REPORT
Treatment of a Complex Malocclusion in a Growing Skeletal Class II Patient
Volume 48 : Number 3 : Page 181 : Mar 2014
In a growing patient with excessive lower facial height, a skeletal Class II malocclusion is especially difficult to treat without surgical repositioning of the maxilla and possibly the mandible. 1-3 ...
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