Design and management of Twin Blocks: Reflections after 30 years of clinical use

Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Clark, William ^a  

^a c/o JOR ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Patient friendly' Twin Blocks; Aesthetic; Comfortable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENTAL CLASPS; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; OPEN BITE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, FUNCTIONAL; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; OVERBITE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 79952110000     PISSN: 14653125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/14653121043110     Document Type: Article

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