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Volume 6 : Number 10 : Page 580 : Oct 1972
Most orthodontists have been confronted with the problem of slow erupting or slightly malposed teeth, especially canines, more times that we care to remember. Maxillary canines play a particularly imp...
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BOOK REVIEW
Development of the Human Dentition
Volume 50 : Number 7 : Page 444 : Jul 2016
FRANS P.G.M. VAN DER LINDEN, DDS, PhD Available as iBook only. 357 pages, 1,224 illustrations, 50 video clips. $74.99. 2016. Quintessence Publishing Co., Inc., 4350 Chandler Drive, Hanover Park, IL 60...
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PEARLS
A Charitable Way to Charge for Replacement Retainers
Volume 41 : Number 10 : Page 637 : Oct 2007
Like many orthodontists, I normally include an initial retainer in the total treatment fee. If a patient loses or breaks a retainer, a replacement is provided at one-half the usual fee of $250 for a H...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Robert M. Ricketts on Early Treatment, Part 2
Volume 13 : Number 2 : Page 115 : Feb 1979
DR. BRANDT Now, you have explained about adenoids and breathing problems. Are there any other functional impairments that cause malocclusion in the mixed dentition? DR. RICKETTS Yes. You can have a cr...
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Flexible Financing: A Paradigm Shift
Volume 30 : Number 1 : Page 0 : Jan 1996
Businesses that refuse to adapt internally to external paradigm shifts can face swift consequences. Fifteen of the 75 companies that Peters and Waterman wrote about in their 1982 book, In Search o...
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Volume 7 : Number 3 : Page 137 : Mar 1973
It is difficult to understand the antagonisms that are created among orthodontists by transfer cases. There is little or no problem with cooperative patients whose treatment is moving along on schedul...
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JCO Interviews Dr. Bjorn Zachrisson on Excellence in Finishing, Part 1
Volume 20 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1986
DR. GOTTLIEB Bjorn, excellence in finishing cases is one of the most crucial aspects of orthodontic treatment. What are your goals in finishing? DR. ZACHRISSON I have individualized treatment goals fo...
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Volume 40 : Number 4 : Page 250 : Apr 2006
A variety of dental and skeletal conditions can exist within the dolichocephalic population. Figure 13A illustrates a patient with a severe open bite and an acceptable smile line in which the occlusal...
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MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
Creating a Team of Practice Builders
Volume 27 : Number 8 : Page 0 : Aug 1993
Dr. Roger Levin, a dentist and a leading specialty-practice management consultant, has taken a different tack in this column. He lists 10 excellent team-building ideas that are designed to reduce over...
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JCO ROUNDTABLE
Volume 43 : Number 5 : Page 303 : May 2009
DR. CACCIAFESTA In what types of cases have you used miniscrews? DR. BUMANN In all cases where any type of anchorage is necessary. Since the placement of a miniscrew is so fast and easy, we place a mi...
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Volume 4 : Number 11 : Page 655 : Nov 1970
Handling the Divorce Situation Q How do you handle the situation in which the parents of a patient under active treatment are divorced and each parent expects the other to pay the orthodontist? This h...
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Volume 7 : Number 10 : Page 607 : Oct 1973
The most important contribution of direct bonding of brackets and attachments is not esthetics and it is not speed. The aspects of direct bonding that are of primary concern to orthodontists are those...
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CLINICAL AID
Improving the Taste of Band Cement
Volume 22 : Number 11 : Page 733 : Nov 1988
733-jco-img-0.jpgOrthodontic patients often complain about the taste of cement--particularly oxyphosphates and glass ionomers. We have recently tried sealing the ends of the molar tubes with flavored ...
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PEARLS
Volume 32 : Number 11 : Page 682 : Nov 1998
In a busy orthodontic office, a patient's study casts can be labeled with the wrong name in the laboratory by the time the impression is poured. An easy way to prevent this problem is to mark the algi...
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PEARLS
Reducing Cross-Contamination from Spools
Volume 34 : Number 8 : Page 470 : Aug 2000
Wire and elastomeric chain spools stored in drawers are a source of cross-contamination in the orthodontic office. A homemade spool dispenser can be kept on a countertop to reduce handling. Find a con...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Uprighting an Impacted Second Molar with a Spring Anchored to a Composite Support
Volume 42 : Number 5 : Page 301 : May 2008
This article describes the use of a removable orthodontic appliance with a specially designed spring, anchored to a composite support, to upright a severely impacted second molar. Procedure The follow...
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Generating Practice Correspondence with a Computer Scanner
Volume 25 : Number 7 : Page 0 : Jul 1991
The "routine" orthodontic examination has gradually become more complex and time-consuming. It is no longer sufficient (if it ever was) to do a five-minute screening, jot down a few notes, and proceed...
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PEARLS
Handling Broken Appointments and Broken Appliances
Volume 16 : Number 6 : Page 413 : Jun 1982
Orthodontists' lives would be a lot easier if we never had a patient fail an appointment or break or damage an appliance. We often excuse this lack of cooperation and end by "biting the bullet" by abs...
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TECHNIQUE CLINIC
Volume 24 : Number 9 : Page 558 : Sep 1990
Many orthodontists use a combination of cephalometric analyses to suit their personal requirements. Unfortunately, the myriad planes and angles needed to make a single tracing can become an undecipher...
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CLINICAL AID
A New Tissue Retractor for Molar Banding
Volume 38 : Number 7 : Page 373 : Jul 2004
To correct second molar positions, many orthodontists use bonded tubes, which can often be placed before the teeth have fully erupted. Other clinicians choose to wait until the second molars can be su...
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