Three Energy and Productivity Vampires in Your Practice and How to Overcome Them
By Carrie Webber, Owner, The Jameson Group One of the primary issues dentists wrestle with across the country is burnout due to stressful day-to-day work…
Category: Clinical Journal Articles
Signs of Ties: Hard Tissue Evidence of a Soft Tissue Condition
By Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, HAIAOMT, AOMT-C Tongue ties are hard to find. In Fig. 1, you can see the child’s tongue blade is folded…
Managing Ectopic Eruptions and Transpositions
By Andrey Horton DDS, DAOS Ectopic eruptions are an unfortunate reality in the etiology of malocclusions. Patients with the condition present with potential treatment challenges…
Class II Patient Therapy Requiring Minimum Compliance
By Larry W. White, DDS, MSD An adolescent female patient (Figs. 1 and 2) presented with a bilateral Class II malocclusion, maxillary and mandibular arch…
Functional Matrix-Focused Orthodontics
By Anthony Deluke, DDS, Specialist in Orthodontics Patients and parents today expect orthodontic professionals to review their needs more comprehensively than ever before and deliver…
Case Study │ The Jefferson Ceph Analysis and Skeletal Classification: A Face-and Health-Focused Technique
By Yosh Jefferson, DMD Dr. James McNamara, a renowned figure in orthodontics, stated that most of the cephalometric analyses available today were conceived during the…
Treat & Manage: Impacted Maxillary Canine and Overcome Reabsorption Issue
Canine impaction is a common occurrence, and clinicians must be prepared to manage it. With earlydetection, timely interception and well-managed surgical and orthodontic treatment, impacted…
Six Keys to Early Mixed Dentition Class II Correction: A Quantified Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
Advocacy of Early Mixed Dentition Treatment of Class II Malocclusion has been fostered by many years of observation and processing of different hypotheses and approaches…
Measurable Data: Ways to Implement a Successful Orthodontic Marketing Strategy in Your Practice
If you’re new to offering orthodontics in your dental practice or have been offering it for years, it may be time to reevaluate your marketing…
A New Sequence Customization of Arches: Facilitating Mechanics in the Tip-Edge System
Tip-Edge is considered the best hybrid system, combining the two most significant philosophies of dental movement in a single bracket with a unique design based…