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  2. Aphantasia - Wikipedia

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    The first image is bright and photographic, levels 2 through 4 show increasingly simpler and more faded images, and the last—representing complete aphantasia—shows no image at all. Aphantasia (/ ˌ eɪ f æ n ˈ t eɪ ʒ ə / AY-fan-TAY-zhə, / ˌ æ f æ n ˈ t eɪ ʒ ə / AF-an-TAY-zhə) is the inability to visualize. [1]

  3. Palatal expansion - Wikipedia

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    It can also be used in adults, although expansion is more uncomfortable and takes longer in adults. A patient who would rather not wait several months for the end result achieved by a palatal expander may be able to opt for a surgical separation of the maxilla. Use of a palatal expander is most often followed by braces to then straighten the teeth.

  4. Charcot–Wilbrand syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Combing early studies, the traditional symptoms of CWS centered on visual irreminiscence (aphantasia), prosopagnosia, and topographic agnosia.However, due to significant differences in the observations of Charcot and Wilbrand's case work, this syndrome bridged the entire loss of dreaming, whether it be due to the isolated inability of the brain to produce images while asleep as Charcot had ...

  5. Hyperphantasia - Wikipedia

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    Hyperphantasia is the condition of having extremely vivid mental imagery. [1] It is the opposite condition to aphantasia, where mental visual imagery is not present. [2] [3] The experience of hyperphantasia is more common than aphantasia [4] [5] and has been described as being "as vivid as real seeing". [4]

  6. Orthodontic headgear - Wikipedia

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    Headgear can also be used to make more space for teeth to come in. In this instance the headgear is attached to the molars , via molar headgear bands and tubes, and helps to draw the molars backwards in the mouth, opening up space for the front teeth to be moved back using braces and bands.

  7. Kid thought he was going to dentist. Dad took him to World ...

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    A 10-year-old Dodgers fan believed he was getting out of class early to get braces removed. Instead, he attended the World Series and caught Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam.

  8. Orthodontic archwire - Wikipedia

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    An archwire in orthodontics is a wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch that can be used with dental braces as a source of force in correcting irregularities in the position of the teeth. An archwire can also be used to maintain existing dental positions; in this case it has a retentive purpose.

  9. Prosopagnosia - Wikipedia

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    Prosopagnosia, [2] also known as face blindness, [3] is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's own face (self-recognition), is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decision-making) remain intact.