Paul V. Reid

Extractions in the problem case

Abstract I have the temerity to present this article suggesting procedures that cannot possibly be new to anyone only because there is so little that is new in orthodontics. This is substantiated by a glance through Weinbergers History of Orthodontics . It is almost axiomatic in our specialty that if a thing is useful, it has been tried before. For some reason, the unconventional in diagnosis as it relates to extraction and treatment planning is seldom discussed. There seems to be almost a stigma attached to the compromise case. In bringing these things into the open, I hope that some of the younger men may sometimes resist the pressure to conform and realize that in a field in which we profess to an awareness of growth and development there is little place for a precise mechanistic approach to every problem.

Round-table discussion: Systems versus basic principles in orthodontics

WILLIAM L. WILSON, D.M.D. (MODERATOR) Boston, Mass. DISCUSSORS: FRANE P. BOWYER, D.D.S., ENOXVILLE, TENN. Director, Ameriw Board of Orthodontics ALTON W. MOORE, D.D.S., SEATTLE, WASH. Professor and Chairman, Department of orthodontics, University of Washington; Director-, American. Board of Orthodontics EARL E. SHEPARD, D.D.S., ST. LOUIS, MO. Professor and Chairman, Dlepartment of Orthodontics, Washington University Sohool of Dentistry; Secretary-Treasurer, American Association of Orthodontists JOHN R. THOMPSON, D.D.S., CHICAGO, ILL. Professor of Orthodontics, Northwestern lJniversity Dental School PAUL V. REID, D.D.S., PHILADELPHIS, PA. Clinkal Professor aind Chairman of Department of Orthod80ntics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Director, American Board of Orthodontim