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Class II Malocclusion Treatment by In-House Fabricated, Customized Fixed Functional Appliance in Growing Child

Currently, wide arrays of fixed functional appliances are available for the correction of Class II malocclusion. The orthodontist must choose from these appliances depending on the mechanics, efficiency, and cost of the appliance. Fixed functional appliances may reduce the individual visits and henc...

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Autores principales: Verma, Swati, Mehta, Falguni, Alam, Mohammad Khursheed, Parekh, Harshikkumar Arvindbhai, Ahmed, Valai Kasim Shakeel, Jain, Chhavi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9402367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36034159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8102482
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Sumario:Currently, wide arrays of fixed functional appliances are available for the correction of Class II malocclusion. The orthodontist must choose from these appliances depending on the mechanics, efficiency, and cost of the appliance. Fixed functional appliances may reduce the individual visits and hence the cost as compared to the removable appliances. Additionally, it may save the clinician's chair time. This report discussed the in-house laboratory fabrication and clinical procedure of customized fixed functional appliances by utilizing the readily available dental materials in the orthodontic clinical setting.