Open AccessTwin-Star: Adding a new dimension for treatment of Class II noncompliant patients
Author(s) -
Sonali Mahadevia,
Neha Assudani,
Krishnamurthy Gowda,
Aatman Jagdish Joshipura
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
apos trends in orthodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-4600
pISSN - 2321-1407
DOI - 10.4103/2321-1407.125746
Subject(s) - star (game theory) , class (philosophy) , dimension (graph theory) , medicine , mathematics , computer science , combinatorics , physics , astrophysics , artificial intelligence
The orthodontist of today faces the herculian task in getting kids to wear myofunctional appliances. Even the Twin-Block, which is claimed to be one of the most patient friendly appliances, is not so easily accepted by the growing child of the 21 st century. An innovative modification of the Twin-Block called Twin-Star is hereby presented. Compared with the traditionally constructed Twin-Block, the Twin-Star proves to be esthetically superior, with a higher level of comfort and is less bulky (as it is palate free) and hence easily accepted by the patient. It is a boon to the orthodontist too as it can be made in a single sitting by the orthodontist himself