Publication: Adjunctive Orthodontic Treatment with Lingual Orthodontic System
Date
2011
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The lingual orthodontic therapy though started in 1972, could not be popular till
the beginning of 1990. In Nepal it does not have a history of more than a year.
It is started in Dhulikhel Hospital for the first time in Nepal. Usually orthodontic
therapy is meant for putting braces on the labial surface of the teeth which is called
labial orthodontic system. Lingual orthodontic system is a purely invisible kind of
orthodontic therapy in which braces are placed behind the teeth. The advantages
of lingual orthodontic therapy are: invisibility, better biomechanics and improved
patient compliance. On the other hand it is difficult to master and costlier than
labial orthodontics. We have presented six adjunctive orthodontic cases treated by
lingual system with the same end result comparable to labial orthodontic system.
KEY WORDS
invisible, labial ,lingual, orthodontics
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Kafle D, Humagain M, Upadhaya C
Department of Dentistry Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital Dhulikhel, Nepal