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Volume 14 : Number 4 : Page 221 : Apr 1980
Have you ever checked back to see how close to "on time" you finish your cases? Have you ever compared the actual length of treatment to the estimated length of treatment? If you are consistently off ...
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Volume 14 : Number 10 : Page 685 : Oct 1980
A recent development in orthodontics has been the recognition by a number of non-orthodontists, usually with some background in clinical psychology, that there has been a missing link in the practice ...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Fringe Benefits as "Hidden" Pay
Volume 16 : Number 2 : Page 77 : Feb 1982
Fringe Benefits as ''Hidden'' PaySome interesting statistics were published recently on the high cost of fringe benefits. It was estimated that the average employee receives almost $100 a week in "hid...
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Volume 19 : Number 11 : Page 826 : Nov 1985
I have found over and over again that, in the competitive world of orthodontics, it is the practice that gives the best service that always does well. I said " service" , not " treatment". To provide ...
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Volume 25 : Number 10 : Page 0 : Oct 1991
Perception Is RealityMy orthodontic partner and I recently had a philosophical discussion regarding patient care and management. I had determined that a retainer wasn't needed in a particular case, gi...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 28 : Number 3 : Page 0 : Mar 1994
The Carrot or the Stick?There is a good question in orthodontic practice with regard to how much a system of rewards affects the commitment of our employees and of our patients. This was brought to mi...
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Efficacy of Collection Methods in Orthodontic Practices
Volume 31 : Number 2 : Page 103 : Feb 1997
Management experts have suggested that orthodontic offices may not be aggressive or efficient enough in collecting fees to compete with other financial obligations and discretionary purchases.1-6 Cred...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 33 : Number 2 : Page 69 : Feb 1999
To my knowledge, Clayton Christensen is the first management consultant to suggest that dominant, well-managed firms can fail because of what they do right. They can listen to their customers, careful...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 35 : Number 4 : Page 201 : Apr 2001
Johnny Mercer could not have known when he wrote the song, "Accentuate the Positive", that he was forecasting a 21st-century management theory, but four lines of that lyric capture exactly the idea pr...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 38 : Number 6 : Page 317 : Jun 2004
Did you ever have one of those days when it seems like the only things that don't go wrong are the ones that just don't happen at all? Not too long ago, I had a couple of those days almost back to bac...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 40 : Number 3 : Page 133 : Mar 2006
Long-face syndrome has been a vexing problem for orthodontists, oral surgeons, and otorhinolaryngologists for some time now. I have heard it debated whether this particular constellation of clinical s...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 42 : Number 7 : Page 373 : Jul 2008
The Journal of Clinical Orthodontics has always been devoted to the practical side of the specialty. In the first Editor's Corner of the inaugural issue (September 1967), Dr. Eugene Gottlieb stated th...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 44 : Number 9 : Page 521 : Sep 2010
Given that my private faculty practice is adjacent to the main campus of the University of Southern California, which is predominantly a residential university with few commuter students, I get a disp...
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Gradual Grinding of a Talon Cusp During Orthodontic Treatment
Volume 46 : Number 2 : Page 111 : Feb 2012
Dens evaginatus is a developmental aberration of a tooth resulting in formation of an accessory cusp that has been described as an abnormal tubercle, elevation, protuberance, excrescence, extrusion, o...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 48 : Number 10 : Page 597 : Oct 2014
Every time I attend the AAO Annual Session or one of the regional orthodontic society meetings, I make a point of informally surveying JCO readers. While we do have more structured means of keeping ou...
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A Practical Approach to Presurgical Orthodontic Preparation
Volume 32 : Number 6 : Page 350 : Jun 1998
Over the past decade, new rigid-fixation techniques have improved the skeletal stability of most surgical cases, at least in the months immediately following surgery, compared to traditional wire fixa...
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2003 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, Part 3: Practice Growth and Staff Data
Volume 37 : Number 12 : Page 667 : Dec 2003
This third installment in our four-part series on the 2003 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study will cover growth in case starts and gross income during the two years since the 2001 Study. We will also exam...
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A Lip Retractor for Intraoral Photography
Volume 8 : Number 8 : Page 465 : Aug 1974
Adequate access for occlusal intraoral photographs has been limited by the difficulty in management of retraction of the lips and cheeks. Dr. Brainerd F. Swain, recognizing this inherent problem, has ...
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Converting Color Slides into Black and White Enlargements
Volume 12 : Number 10 : Page 727 : Oct 1978
As part of our practice management program, our office provides the referring dentist pre- and postorthodontic photographs at the completion of treatment. Because of the cost of color enlargements and...
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The Agonizing Choice of a Doctor in His 50's
Volume 13 : Number 1 : Page 54 : Jan 1979
Too few doctors realize that they must decide during the decade of their fifties the method by which they will eventually withdraw from practice. Far more frequently the issue is evaded or never consi...
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