In 1981, at age 45, I had a wonderful, healthy family and a successful orthodontic practice.

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Item: In May Moskowitz signed an agreement with Bristol-Myers to make translucent ceramic parts for orthodontic braces.

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Orthodontic correction may be needed if the teeth or jaws are poorly aligned.

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Providing health Care services is a tough business these days but Orthodontic Centers of America seems to have found a prescription for fat profits.

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Gleason now likes the looks of Orthodontic Centers (nyse: OCA - news - people ) of America, which provides back-office services to orthodontists.

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Here's hoping it will help Tugg regain the status he lost in his most recent cinematic outing, a brazen Oscar bid: the title role in "Simple Jack, " the tale of a mentally impaired lad with a desperate need for orthodontic intervention and the ability to talk to animals.

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