Putting the Plaster on the Table
Isaacson, R.J., et al. - Most will agree that the plaster model has been the hallmark of orthodontics. Our professional goodness and the relative quality of our orthodontic efforts have all been directly or indirectly judged by plaster models. Aside from the separate, but also important, questions about faces and facial skeletal patterns, is the plaster on the table the best measure of our excellence? Because the model has long been the only 3-D record of the patient and we believe the model is accurate, we have to agree that the model itself is indeed the best measure available so far [more...]
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