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Esthetic Correction of Anterior Dental Malalignment: Conventional versus Instant (Restorative) Orthodontics
Author(s) -
SPEAR FRANK M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.919
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1708-8240
pISSN - 1496-4155
DOI - 10.1111/j.1708-8240.2004.tb00026.x
Subject(s) - orthodontics , medicine , dentistry , malocclusion
Over the past 20 years since its introduction, adhesive dentistry has suffered, at times, from overuse, particularly in patients with problems of malalignment for which conventional orthodontics would once have been used. The purpose of this article is to create a “flow sheet” to aid decision making regarding whether conventional orthodontics should be used, and what the limitations of treating a patient are if treatment is performed without any orthodontics.