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1. Re: Where Can I find this measuring gauge
2. Re: Where Can I find this measuring gauge
3. Staff Salaries
4. Retainers after Phase I treatment
5. ESCO - The Electronic Study Club for Orthodontics

 
Subject: Measuring gauge
From: dan.turesson@vgregion.se
To: "The Electronic Study Club for Orthodontics" <ESCO@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:57:54 +0100

To Dr John McDonald

I have a gauge of the same kind. On that one it says "DENTAL LIGA ZURICHER MODELL". The firm Dental Liga does not show any gauges on their website http://www.dentalliga.de/  but their e-mail adress is:  Info@dentalliga.de I hope this would help You.

Dan Turesson,
Uddevalla Sweden

 
From: "starsea" <starsea@bellsouth.net>
To: "The Electronic Study Club for Orthodontics" <ESCO@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>
Subject: Re: European Orthodontic Products
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:17:38 -0500

Hi John, try:  
European Orthodontic Products
801 Transfer Road, Saint Paul, MN 55114
(651) 644-0069

INOX I believe is the European designation of stainless steel.

Tim

 
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:59:06 -0800 (PST)
From: "Todd Walkow" <twalkow@yahoo.com>
Subject: Staff Salaries
To: "The Electronic Study Club for Orthodontics" <ESCO@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

I have been in practice for five years. The orthodontist from whom I purchased my practice reviewed the staff annually and seemed to raise their hourly at this time. I have done the same and tried to base the adjustments on salary overhead. I am just curious how other people handle these matters with their staff as your practices and team grow. What is the range of percentage of collections that should go to staff salaries? I have heard around 21-24%.

Todd Walkow

 
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:54:39 -0800 (PST)
From: "Todd Walkow" <twalkow@yahoo.com>
Subject: Retainers after Phase I treatment
To: "The Electronic Study Club for Orthodontics" <ESCO@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>

ESCO members,

One of the challenges we have in our practice is with retainers after Phase I treatment. As the patients lose their deciduous teeth, the cuspids erupt, and the arch form changes the retainers, the retainers stop fitting. We don't seem to get enough mileage out of them and are redoing them too often. Any innovative designs or concepts out there?

Todd Walkow

 

 

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