Search Results For: 'case report'
1061.
Converting Observation Recalls to New Starts
Volume 28 : Number 4 : Page 0 : Apr 1994
Many orthodontists place 35% or more of their new patients on observation recall. Some of them use this as an excuse for having case acceptance ratios of around 55%. With an effective observation reca...
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Avoiding Demineralization and Bite Alteration from Full-Coverage Plastic Appliances
Volume 35 : Number 7 : Page 444 : Jul 2001
There has recently been a flurry of interest among both orthodontists and prospective patients in the use of clear plastic appliances to align teeth without the esthetic drawbacks of fixed appliances....
1063.
Internal Root Resorption from Palatal Invaginations
Volume 23 : Number 12 : Page 0 : Dec 1989
Palatal invaginations, or "dens-in-dente", are relatively rare. Such teeth appear normal, but have an irregular arrangement of dental tissues. The invagination of the developing tooth results in vario...
1064.
Technique Recommendations to Achieve Proper Root Alignment of Mandibular Incisors
Volume 11 : Number 4 : Page 252 : Apr 1977
The median compartment of the mandible, between the mental foramina, shows very little transverse growth after the age of one year. The symphyseal joint ossifies, thus determining the basic space cond...
1065.
THE HOT SEAT
Volume 48 : Number 8 : Page 470 : Aug 2014
This regular column is compiled by JCO Contributing Editor John W. Graham, DDS, MD. Selected participants are asked for brief replies to a series of questions on a single topic. Your suggestions for f...
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Volume 54 : Number 2 : Page 96 : Feb 2020
Photobiomodulation therapy has been shown not only to accelerate orthodontic treatment, but potentially to mitigate associated pain. A sham-controlled, randomized clinical trial by Dr. Al-Okla and colleagues evaluates the effectiveness of an OrthoPulse device in daily home use.
1067.
Improving Patient Comfort with Lingual Brackets
Volume 31 : Number 10 : Page 689 : Oct 1997
Even though lingual appliances are completely esthetic, their use remains limited--at least partly because practitioners are dubious of patients' ability to adapt to lingual brackets. I have been prac...
1068.
Volume 8 : Number 10 : Page 545 : Oct 1974
A wise man once said that it is not the number of cases that you start a year that indicates the health of your practice. It is the number of cases that you finish that is the true measure of your suc...
1069.
JCO Interviews Dean C. Bellavia, PhD, on Practice Management
Volume 18 : Number 2 : Page 99 : Feb 1984
DR. GOTTLIEB What do you consider to be the ideal one-man practice?DR. BELLAVIA I think the ideal one-man practice has about 300 starts. You must work 40 weeks a year, four days a week, with seven sta...
1070.
OVERVIEW
Indications and Management Protocol for the Use of Splints with the "Surgery First" Approach
Volume 55 : Number 8 : Page 463 : Aug 2021
Dr. Pelo and colleagues review the functions and wear duration of four different types of occlusal splints for use in “surgery first” cases. Two clinical cases demonstrate their approach to splint management, which allows them to treat even complex malocclusions.
1071.
ORTHODONTICS IN THE COVID-19
The Way Forward Part 2: Orthodontic Treatment Considerations
Volume 54 : Number 6 : Page 341 : Jun 2020
Orthodontic procedures and appliances may have to be altered in the current environment, as reported by Dr. Srirengalakshmi and colleagues. Topics include bonding, leveling and alignment, deep bites, space opening and closure, ligation, extractions, expansion, miniscrews, finishing, retention, functional appliances, and aligners.
1072.
Volume 2 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Sep 1968
As JPO begins its second year of publication we are no longer an unknown quantity. The profession has been able to judge us by what we have printed. It has become clearer that we are only indirectly i...
1073.
Practice Management with Spreadsheets
Volume 23 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1989
Software programs that create accounting-type worksheets are called spreadsheets. A wide selection of programs for various operating systems are available at reasonable cost from local computer dealer...
1074.
Macintosh Program for Submitting TMD Insurance Claims
Volume 27 : Number 5 : Page 0 : May 1993
Most orthodontists who treat patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) know the frustration of submitting claims for insurance reimbursement. It is often unclear whether a patient's insurance ev...
1075.
Volume 3 : Number 3 : Page 111 : Mar 1969
There has been a marked growth of dental health insurance in this country. It is the latest fringe benefit in union contracts and increasingly it is including orthodontic care benefits. At the same ti...
1076.
Volume 12 : Number 5 : Page 319 : May 1978
A recent report called attention to what was described as a new economic index--The Cost of Nothing Index. This is the sum of costs that go on whether you use the service or not. Thus, there is a mini...
1077.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
The 1993 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study
Volume 27 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1993
The 1993 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study The responses to the 1993 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study on economics and practice administration have been tabulated, and the first in a series of articles det...
1078.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 41 : Number 10 : Page 587 : Oct 2007
This fall, I had the honor of serving as one of the speakers at the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists' annual session, held in Monterey, California. Under the theme of "Emerging Tools and Technol...
1079.
Borderline Extraction Cases, Part V: Panel Discussion (continued)
Volume 5 : Number 12 : Page 659 : Dec 1971
This is the final installment of the University of Pennsylvania Seminar Series. The Series appeared in the April through December issues of JCO. QUESTION FROM THE FLOOR: Dr. Swain, you did use edgewis...
1080.
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 17 : Number 10 : Page 651 : Oct 1983
And They Don't BlushThe Federal Trade Commission is a stern adversary. Thus, in commissioning a study of health care delivery trends since 1977, it was not sufficient to seek an overview of the three ...
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