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2. Dental braces - Wikipedia

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   Dental braces. Dental braces (also known as braces, orthodontic cases, or cases) 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. They are often used to correct underbites, as well as malocclusions, overbites, open bites, gaps ...

3. Orthodontics - Wikipedia

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   Orthodontics. 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] It may also address the modification of facial growth, known as dentofacial orthopedics . Abnormal alignment of the teeth and jaws is very common.

4. List of orthodontic functional appliances - Wikipedia

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   The Monobloc was developed by Pierre Robin (surgeon) in 1902 and is considered to be one of the first functional appliances in Orthodontics. The Monobloc was a modification of Ottolengui's removable plate. In 1908, Viggo Andersen developed the Activator appliance. This was the first functional appliance to be widely accepted, especially in Europe.

5. Clear aligners - Wikipedia

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   Clear aligners. Clear aligners are orthodontic devices that are a transparent, plastic form of dental braces used to adjust teeth. [ 1] Clear aligners have undergone changes, making assessment of effectiveness difficult. [ 2] A 2014 systematic review concluded that published studies were of insufficient quality to determine effectiveness. [ 3]

6. 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.

7. Retainer (orthodontics) - Wikipedia

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   Retainer (orthodontics) Top (left) and bottom (right) retainers. Vacuum form retainer in the foreground (used on upper); illustration of an early Hawley retainer in the background. Orthodontic retainers are custom-made devices, usually made of wires or clear plastic, that hold teeth in position after surgery or any method of realigning teeth.