Every night before bedtime, my daughter tilts back her head so that a pair of metal plates inside her mouth can be cranked apart another quarter of a millimeter. We turn a jackscrew with a wire tip; ...
There are questions about whether the devices are necessary or just another body modification for aesthetic purposes.
iDental Family Dentistry and Orthodontics is one of the largest orthodontic-focused practices serving Racine and Kenosha counties. The practice provides orthodontic care for patients of all ages in a ...
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Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and aspects of the clinical practice of orthodontists and periodontists, regarding lower fixed orthodontic retainers. Methods: The ...
Achieving precise, comfortable, and asymmetric maxillary expansion remains a clinical challenge in orthodontics. Conventional expanders, such as the Hyrax, depend on manual activation by caregivers, ...
Objective: To assess, during rapid maxillary expansion, the plaque index (PI) and the gingival index (GI) of patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate(UCLP) using ...