title: Zero base bioprogressive: unlocking the door to the future.
abstract: As the orthodontic profession prepares to enter the next millennium, clinicians around the world seek new diagnostic tools that will enable them to enhance their treatment results. They seek improved treatment efficiency that will allow them to treat more patients with less chairside time, with less relapse, and with greater profitability. They seek logic and order in their patient care decisions, and a biologically sound methodology for treatment. Those who strive for excellence in orthodontics will seek the benefits of new technology in diagnosis and treatment. They will embrace computers to help organize their thoughts and discipline their treatment as well as relentlessly seek new methods to grow professionally. This article discusses the marriage of the Bioprogressive philosophy with the Zero Base logic system as the sensible approach to achieving the above-mentioned objectives.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics 60612, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sellke
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010685:Philosophy, Dental; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods