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The use of a simple functional appliance as an adjunct to fixed appliance orthodontic treatment
Author(s) -
Woods Michael G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1996.tb04864.x
Subject(s) - adjunct , simple (philosophy) , dentistry , medicine , computer science , orthodontics , philosophy , epistemology , linguistics
Abstract Three clinical case studies are presented to demonstrate the use of a simple functional appliance in orthodontic situations not covered by traditionally‐accepted dental and skeletal indications. In each case, the appliance was used to reduce the severity of the malocclusion, before a routine fixed‐appliance detailing phase.