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Outside of Honolulu, there are six hospitals on the island of Oahu: Adventist Health Castle (formerly Castle Medical Center) - Kailua, 160 beds [7] [1] Hawaii State Hospital - Kaneohe, 144 beds; Kahuku Medical Center, Kahuku, 21 beds [1] Pali Momi Medical Center - Aiea, 118 beds [1] The Queen's Medical Center West Oahu - ʻEwa Beach, 135 beds [1]
ACCO or Acrylic Cervical Occipital Anchorage is an appliance in field of orthodontics which is used for molar distalization of maxillary molars. This appliance is a removable type of appliance which was developed by Herbert I. Margolis. This appliance is intended to be worn 24 hours a day except during meals.
Mewing is a form of oral posture training purported to improve jaw and facial structure. [1] It was named after Mike and John Mew, the controversial British orthodontists who created the technique as a part of a practice called "orthotropics".
Hongwanji Mission School (HMS) is a private co-educational preparatory school (grades pre-school through eighth) located in Nuuanu Valley and adjacent to Downtown Honolulu. Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools , HMS first opened its doors in 1949 and was the first ...
The school taught its students orthodontics over a period of 3–6 weeks. [1] The school graduated 183 students until it closed in 1927. Among the graduates, 25 students became presidents of the American Association of Orthodontists , 11 students became head of orthodontic departments and three students became dental school deans.
Archie B. Brusse (1888–1959) was an American orthodontist who is known to be one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists in 1921. He was also one of the founders of the Denver Summer Meeting for the Advanced Study of Orthodontics. Brusse also founded the Rocky Mountain Orthodontics Company. [1]
The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent medical insurance providers. A nonprofit, mutual benefit association founded in 1938, HMSA covers more than half of the state’s population.
The Honolulu Museum of Art was called "the finest small museum in the United States" by J. Carter Brown, director of the National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992. [4] In addition to an internationally renowned permanent collection, the museum houses innovative exhibitions, an art school, an independent art house theatre, a café and a museum shop.