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2. 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]

3. Orthodontic headgear - Wikipedia

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   Orthodontic headgear will usually consist of three major components: Full orthodontic headgear with headcap, fitting straps, facebow and elastics. Facebow: first, the facebow (or J-Hooks) is fitted with a metal arch onto headgear tubes attached to the rear upper and lower molars. This facebow then extends out of the mouth and around the ...

4. List of orthodontic functional appliances - Wikipedia

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   It is important to note that initially dento-facial Orthopaedics was mainly done in Europe. The United States was introduced to Fixed Orthodontics by Edward Angle. Norman William Kingsley was the first person to show "jumping the bite" by using an anterior bite plate.

5. Anchorage (orthodontics) - Wikipedia

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   Cervical – Used with headgear to use the neck and surrounding area to move teeth; Combination – Used with headgear to use a combination of both occipital and cervical bones to move teeth in a linear fashion. Muscular – This type of anchorage involves using muscles and can involve a vestibular shield on some appliances.

6. Face shield vs. face mask: Which is better? - AOL

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   Masks have more containment of the mouth and nose than shields do, but wearing a mask isn’t possible for everyone. “For those who cannot tolerate a mask, a shield could be better.

7. Frankel appliance - Wikipedia

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   This appliance had Type A, B and C. The difference between A and B was the lower lingual loops in one and lower lingual shield in another. This was mainly used for Class 1 and Class 2 Division 1 malocclusion. Acrylic Components. Buccal Shield - They were about 2.5mm thick and their goal was to expand the soft tissue capsule in the back.