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  2. List of orthodontic functional appliances - Wikipedia

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    Components such as Palatal Finger Springs, Buccal Canine Retractor, Z-Spring, T-Spring, Coffin Spring, Active Labial Bows (Mill's Bow or Roberts retractor), Screws and Elastics are all considered to be active components of the removable functional appliances. If a spring is moving one tooth it is made of 0.5mm thick stainless steel wire.

  3. Activator appliance - Wikipedia

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    Activator appliance. Activator Appliance is an Orthodontics appliance that was developed by Viggo Andresen in 1908. This was one of the first functional appliances that was developed to correct functional jaw in the early 1900s. Activator appliance became the universal appliance that was used widely throughout Europe in the earlier part of the ...

  4. 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.

  5. Dental braces - Wikipedia

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    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, deep bites, cross ...

  6. Adams clasp - Wikipedia

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    The wire for a permanent tooth is typically 0.7mm in diameter but 0.8mm can also be used, especially for clasps that are made to fit two teeth. [9] A clasp for a deciduous tooth can be made from 0.6mm [7] or 0.7mm wire [5] [6] and 0.6mm wire has been advocated for a canine. [6]

  7. Serial extraction - Wikipedia

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    Serial extraction is a multi-decisional, time linked process. Annual records such as panoramic radiographs, photographs and study models are essential. The most common unfavorable sequel of serial extraction is deepening of bite. Uprighting of incisors and early loss of posterior teeth may result in deep bite.

  8. Removable partial denture - Wikipedia

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    A removable partial denture (RPD) is a denture for a partially edentulous patient who desires to have replacement teeth for functional or aesthetic reasons and who cannot have a bridge (a fixed partial denture) for any reason, such as a lack of required teeth to serve as support for a bridge (i.e. distal abutments) or financial limitations.

  9. Akers' clasp - Wikipedia

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    An Akers' clasp is the classic direct retainer for removable partial dentures. [ 1] Named after its inventor, Polk E. Akers, this suprabulge clasp consists of a rest, a guide plate, a retentive arm and a reciprocal arm. Akers' clasps, as a rule, face away from an edentulous area. Should they face the edentulous area, they are termed reverse ...