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  2. Retainer (orthodontics) - Wikipedia

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    In fixed retainers, composite is usually placed to bond and to cover the wire, whilst ensuring no interference in the interdental space. Fixed retainers are used in situations where instability is more likely, such as severe rotations, periodontal disease and median diastemas. Occasionally the patient will require a removable retainer as well.

  3. 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. Hotz then developed the Vorbissplate which was a modification of Kingsley's ...

  4. SMART Retainer - Wikipedia

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    In the United States a smart retainer sensor is exclusively provided by orthodontists who have signed up to be providers, and should retail for around $100. The SMART Retainer was featured on the May 15 episode of The Today Show. [1] Here is an abstract of an article in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics:

  5. Dental braces - Wikipedia

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    Dental braces (also known as orthodontic braces, or simply braces) are devices used in orthodontics that align and straighten teeth and help position them with regard to a person's bite, while also aiming to improve dental health.

  6. Orthodontic technology - Wikipedia

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    Orthodontic technology is a specialty of dental technology that is concerned with the design and fabrication of dental appliances for the treatment of malocclusions, which may be a result of tooth irregularity, disproportionate jaw relationships, or both. There are three main types of orthodontic appliances: active, passive and functional.

  7. Orthodontics - Wikipedia

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    Orthodontics [a] [b] is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, as well as misaligned bite patterns. [2]

  8. Clear aligners - Wikipedia

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    Chishti conceived of the basic design of InvisAlign while an adult orthodontics patient. During his treatment with a retainer intended to complete his treatment, he posited that a series of such devices could effect a large final placement in a series of small movements. [9] [10] [23] Sales began in the U.S. in 1999. [4] [11]

  9. Nông Thị Xuân - Wikipedia

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    According to Bùi Tín, former People's Army of Vietnam Colonel and Vice Chief Editor of the People's Daily, after his mother died, Nguyễn Tất Trung [13] was brought home by Nguyễn Lương Bằng, who late became Vice President of Vietnam, to raise for few months in 1957, and then gave him to general Chu Văn Tấn in Thái Nguyên to ...