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2. Orthodontic headgear - Wikipedia

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   Full view of combination pull orthodontic headgear with facebow. Orthodontic headgear is a type of orthodontic appliance typically attached to the patient's head with a strap or number of straps around the patient's head or neck. From this, a force is transferred to the mouth/jaw(s) of the subject. Headgear is used to correct bite and support ...

3. Headgear - Wikipedia

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   Turbans are headgear, mostly for males, made up from a single piece of cloth which is wrapped around the head in a wide variety of styles. Turban is the best known word in English for a large category of headgear and general head wraps traditionally worn in many parts of the world. All over the world Sikhs wear a turban as religious headgear.

4. Facemask (orthodontics) - Wikipedia

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   Teenage patient been fitted with her orthopedic / orthodontic facemask - required wear-time 16 hours daily. A facemask (also referred to as a protraction facemask, orthopedic facemask, or reverse-pull headgear) is a type of an orthodontic headgear used to treat underbite and other malocclusions where the upper jaw is too far backwards. [1]

5. Dental braces - Wikipedia

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   Headgear needs to be worn between 12 and 22 hours each day to be effective in correcting the overbite, typically for 12 to 18 months depending on the severity of the overbite, how much it is worn and what growth stage the patient is in. Typically the prescribed daily wear time will be between 14 and 16 hours a day and is frequently used as a ...

6. Activator appliance - Wikipedia

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   Viggo Andersen first used this appliance on his daughter's mandibular teeth in the summer of 1908. He took the mechanical braces off from his daughter, and he had her wear the "Biofunctional Retainer" throughout the summer in the mandibular arch. The maxillary arch received Hawley retainer. After a while, Viggo realized that her daughter's ...

7. Orthodontic technology - Wikipedia

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   Orthodontic headgear is a type of appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting more severe bite problems. Headgear is an orthodontic appliance for the correction of Class II correction, typically used in growing patients to correct overbites by holding back the growth of the upper jaw, allowing the lower jaw to catch up.

8. Orthodontics - Wikipedia

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   Orthodontic headgear, sometimes referred to as an "extra-oral appliance", is a treatment approach that requires the patient to have a device strapped onto their head to help correct malocclusion—typically used when the teeth do not align properly. Headgear is most often used along with braces or other orthodontic appliances.

9. Herbst appliance - Wikipedia

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   It was developed by Emil Herbst in the early 1900s [3] and was reintroduced in 1979 by Hans Pancherz, it is largely established in today's orthodontics for Class II therapy. [4] Many designs of this appliance have since been developed such as Sabbagh Spring, Powerscope, and Cantilever Bite Jumper (CBJ)