By Leonard J. Carapezza, DMD W hen I first encountered this profession 40 years ago, orthodontics was an arcane specialty. Dental educators were advising their undergraduate students to avoid practicing orthodontics if they felt unprepared to deliver “ideal” orthodontics. But, the objectivity of this advice could not be defined and orthodontic education at the undergraduate level stagnated. Today, unfortu-nately, not much has improved, and this demagogy still largely influences generalists. After serving in the U.S. Naval Dental Corps, attain-ing pediatric specialty certification, and then launching a private pediatric practice, the early orthodontic needs 22 Summer 2015 JAOS
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