March 2009


Features

Cover Story
Riding High
  by Greg Thompson
  With a thriving practice, a philanthropic second business, and a barn full of champion horses, Robert Chastant, DDS, is sitting tall in the saddle

The Mandibular E-arch
  by Neal D. Kravitz, DMD, MS
  A noncompliant alternative to Phase I mandibular expansion
Investing in Your Instruments
  by Andrea L. Cook
  How to choose them wisely and make them last
Bonding Day
  by Scott G. Smoron, DDS, MSD
  How to make sure the brackets stay put and the patients stay happy
Start to Finish
  by Dipak Chudasama, BDS, MSC, MORTH RCS, and Laurance Jerrold, DDS, JD, ABO
  Contemporary archwire selection criteria for starting and finishing archwires
Starting Out
  by Seth Marguiles, DDS
  A new orthodontist chats about opening his first practice
RPEasy
  by David Sanders, DDS
  Placing and removing rapid palatal expanders is not as difficult as it once was
Springs into Action
  by Dipak Chudasama, BDS, MSC, MORTH RCS, and Laurance Jerrold, DDS, JD, ABO
  A clinician's guide to space closure using nickel titanium coil springs
Laser Troubleshooting
  by Stephen Tracey, DDS, MS
  What to do when your soft-tissue laser isn't doing what you want it to do
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
  by Chris Bentson
  Calculating retirement in a down economy
Playful Works
  by Alan Ruskin
  Ben Z. Mibab, DDS, MS, PC, uses jet skis and celebrities to help market his practice
Financial Flexibility
  by Rosemary Bray
  How to make payment arrangements in this tough economy
Driving New Patient Flow
  by Nancy Hyman
  A practice representative can help win over referring dentists


Departments

  Editor's Message
Real Numbers
  by Christopher Piehler
Clinical Pearls
  Strategies for coping with the recession
  Chairside
Hiring Chairside Assistants
  With Ben Burris, DDS; and Bridget Burris
Focus on Delivery Systems
  A look at the latest chairside units
Industry Insider
  Stacey Marsden and Lindsay Sinclair, Kidzpace Interactive Inc
On the Market
  What's new, from brackets to software
  Word of Mouth
Build Smart
  by Agnes Akiko Kan, Assoc AIA

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