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Volume 25 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1991
Most practices lose $10,000-65,000 in net income every year because they don't have properly calculated fee schedules. About half of the loss is due to mis-feeing phase I, limited, and TMJ treatment. ...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING Communicating with Young Patients: Look, Listen, Learn, and Lead
Volume 41 : Number 12 : Page 751 : Dec 2007
(Editor’s Note: This quarterly JCO column is compiled by Contributing Editor Robert Haeger. Every three months, Dr. Haeger presents a successful approach or strategy for a particular aspect of practic...
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
The Stability of Miniscrew Placement
Volume 44 : Number 12 : Page 709 : Dec 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, temporary anchorage devices (TADs), in the form of mini- or microscrew implants, have become an accepted component of the day-to-day orthodontic armamentarium. JCO printed th...
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Precision of Bracket Placement on Dental Models
Volume 43 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 2009
Bracket-placement accuracy is crucial in achieving optimal orthodontic treatment results, particularly with "straightwire" appliance designs. Precision is actually a function of the repeatability of p...
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Volume 29 : Number 9 : Page 0 : Sep 1995
Today's orthodontist needs to compensate staff well to attract and keep high-quality employees on the team. Most orthodontic staff persons are women. Women are not working for extra income any more; t...
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OVERVIEW
Clinical Applications of Predictable Force Systems, Part 1: One-Couple and Two-Couple Systems
Volume 49 : Number 3 : Page 173 : Mar 2015
(Authors' Note: Dr. Charles Burstone, one of the great minds in orthodontic history, dedicated his life to advancing our specialty through academics and research. His life's work, and most notably his...
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The Modular Self-Locking Appliance System: A Variation in the Combination Technique, Part 3
Volume 10 : Number 11 : Page 826 : Nov 1976
This is the third installment in this series in which Drs. Fogel and Magill are presenting the appliance system and the treatment procedures of the Modular Self-Locking Appliance. Parts 1 and 2 appear...
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The Modular Self-Locking Appliance System: A Variation in the Combination Technique, Part 4
Volume 10 : Number 12 : Page 906 : Dec 1976
This is the fourth installment in this series in which Drs. Fogel and Magill are presenting the appliance system and treatment procedures of the Modular Self-Locking Appliance. Parts 1, 2, and 3 appea...
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Volume 15 : Number 8 : Page 565 : Aug 1981
Toward the end of active treatment, there is frequently a need for additional maxillary anterior intrusion (bite opening), space closure, and torque. Typically, the mandibular arch is essentially comp...
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Modular 3D Lingual Appliances, Part 1: Quad Helix
Volume 17 : Number 11 : Page 761 : Nov 1983
Assorted lingual arches, molar hooks, cleats, and buttons have been used for support in labial arch therapy. With fixed appliances, to change these single purpose attachments required removal of attac...
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Flexible Lip Bumpers for Arch Development
Volume 28 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1994
Mechanical widening of the arches has largely been replaced in orthodontics by the use of such procedures as sutural opening, functional appliances that limit the constricting effect of the buccal mus...
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The Physiologic Rationale for Air-Rotor Stripping
Volume 31 : Number 9 : Page 609 : Sep 1997
Proximal stripping has been described in the literature for decades.1-4 Air-rotor stripping (ARS) was first described in 1985,5 and subsequent reports and encouraging clinical observations have contri...
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A New Lingual Straight-Wire Technique
Volume 44 : Number 2 : Page 0 : Feb 2010
To overcome several limitations of the lingual mushroom-arch technique introduced by Fujita in the 1970s,1,2 Takemoto and Scuzzo developed the lingual straight-wire (LSW) technique in 1995.3,4 Mushroo...
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The Herbst Appliance 32 Years after Treatment
Volume 49 : Number 7 : Page 442 : Jul 2015
The Herbst* appliance was reintroduced into modern orthodontics by Dr. Pancherz in 1979, after it had been more or less forgotten for almost half a century.1,2 Originally, the Herbst was banded only t...
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The Ray Set: A New Technique for Precise Indirect Bonding
Volume 36 : Number 11 : Page 648 : Nov 2002
The built-in corrections of the Straight-Wire Appliance* designed by Andrews1 were based on average tooth dimensions; they did not consider individual variations in tooth morphology, whether congenit...
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Temporary Replacement of Maxillary Lateral Incisors with Miniscrews and Bonded Pontics
Volume 41 : Number 6 : Page 0 : Jun 2007
Replacement of congenitally missing lateral incisors poses special problems in growing patients.1-5 Because an adolescent is typically self-conscious about removing an appliance and revealing a large ...
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The Biocreative Strategy Part 2: The Tweemac Analysis
Volume 52 : Number 0 : Page 359 : Jun 2018
In the second part of their series, Drs. Kim, Ahn, Chung, and Nelson describe the measurements and clinical interpretation of the Biocreative diagnostic system. The Tweemac analysis allows simple yet effective evaluation of the patient’s dentofacial characteristics using a minimum number of landmarks.
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THE EDITOR'S CORNER
Volume 57 : Number 10 : Page 566 : Oct 2023
In this month’s issue, we present Part 1 of the 2023 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study, which covers important trends in practice management. This is the 22nd biennial survey conducted by JCO since 1981,...
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Volume 11 : Number 5 : Page 344 : May 1977
Last month in JCO, I published the detailed record of the decline of my flourishing orthodontic practice in the hope that it would help orthodontists either to avoid my situation entirely or to unders...
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Volume 22 : Number 5 : Page 311 : May 1988
Professional referrals usually account for 45-65% of an orthodontist's patients. It is generally agreed that the specialist benefits by working to enhance relations with general dentists, by providing...
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