Search Results For: 'case report'
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2011 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 3: Practice Growth and Staff Data
Volume 45 : Number 12 : Page 669 : Dec 2011
In Part 1 of this series of articles on the 2011 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study (JCO, October 2011), we examined trends in orthodontic economics and practice administration over the 30 years since our...
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Computer Evolution = Management Revolution
Volume 24 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1990
It has been five years since the American Association of Orthodontists recognized the age of the orthodontic computer system with a special meeting in Dallas. We are now entering an important second p...
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2023 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study Part 2: Practice Success
Volume 57 : Number 11 : Page 645 : Nov 2023
The second installment in our three-part series focuses on factors that appear to be related to practice success, in terms of net income and case starts. Management and practice-building methods are tabulated, along with routine delegation of certain tasks.
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Volume 15 : Number 12 : Page 791 : Dec 1981
An interesting report appeared in the October, 1981 issue of the ADA journal. In an article entitled "Mandibular position and upper body strength", a group at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital a...
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Safeguarding Against Collection Problems
Volume 19 : Number 8 : Page 594 : Aug 1985
Problems with collection of orthodontic fees often start with the attitudes of the orthodontist and staff. The practitioner must have confidence in his or her clinical ability and must believe that 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 ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
The Best Places for Miniscrews
Volume 45 : Number 8 : Page 421 : Aug 2011
The use of miniscrews as a source of skeletal anchorage has become routine in day-to-day orthodontic practice. In the 2008 JCO Study of Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Procedures, nearly 60% of th...
1008.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 27 : Number 8 : Page 413 : Aug 1993
ITEM-- More than 25 medical centers around the country are investigating the injection of botulinum toxin for the relief of muscle spasm. The treatment was discovered by an ophthalmologist who, in cas...
1009.
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...
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Modified Nance and Lingual Appliances for Unilateral Tooth Movement
Volume 19 : Number 1 : Page 30 : Jan 1985
The Nance holding arch consists of a palatal arch attached to first molar bands and embedded in an acrylic "button" that lies against the palatal rugae. It was designed to act as a space maintainer in...
1011.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Orthodontics Is Not a Pediatric Specialty
Volume 20 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1986
Orthodontics Is Not a Pediatric Specialty Four years ago, the 1981 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study reported that the average orthodontic practice was starting 23 adult patients a year. Last year, the 1...
1012.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
The Resurgence of Lingual Orthodontics
Volume 46 : Number 4 : Page 197 : Apr 2012
While the number of adult patients seeking orthodontic care has risen considerably over the past 25 years, we still find that relatively few adults with malocclusions are being treated compared to ado...
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JCO Orthodontic Practice Study: Practice Success
Volume 15 : Number 10 : Page 683 : Oct 1981
This article will examine success in orthodontic practice, as measured by net income, by profiling high, moderate, and low net income practices according to a number of characteristics from data repor...
1014.
The Use of Cephalometrics in Surgical-Orthodontics
Volume 8 : Number 6 : Page 341 : Jun 1974
Cephalometrics is a most useful tool in surgical-orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Since none of the most widely used analyses was devised specifically for the diagnosis of surgical-orthod...
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2014 JCO Study of Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Procedures, Part 1: Results and Trends
Volume 48 : Number 10 : Page 607 : Oct 2014
In this series of articles, we will report the key results of JCO's sixth nationwide Study of Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Procedures. This year's Study is the first to be conducted online; the...
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Severe Ocular Injuries from Orthodontic Headgear
Volume 19 : Number 11 : Page 819 : Nov 1985
Extraoral traction devices are commonly used orthodontic appliances. Commonly referred to as headgear, these devices are used to reposition teeth during orthodontic therapy. They frequently consist of...
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Designs and Applications of Palatal Expansion Appliances
Volume 26 : Number 4 : Page 239 : Apr 1992
Maxillary expansion appliances can be used to correct unilateral or bilateral posterior crossbites when the discrepancy between the upper and lower first molar and premolar widths is 4mm or more.1 The...
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Orthodontics Under the British National Health Service
Volume 3 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1969
The material for this article was gathered by the Editor from various sources and represents, as nearly as he can determine, the present condition of orthodontics in the British National Health Servic...
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Long-Term Stability of Class II Correction with the Twin Force Bite Corrector
Volume 44 : Number 6 : Page 363 : Jun 2010
Numerous studies and case reports have highlighted the effectiveness of fixed-functional appliances in correcting Class II malocclusion, but long-term analyses of the stability of these results have s...
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Volume 13 : Number 4 : Page 252 : Apr 1979
According to a 1978 Medical Economics magazine survey, doctors who hire management consultants see more patients and earn more income than those who do not; and those who use consultants on a regular ...
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