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[Preliminary clinical application of Chinese-made invisible orthodontic technique]
Yu-xing Bai1, Jie Tian, Jie-min Zhou
1Department of Orthodontics, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100050, China. byuxing@263.net
Objective:
To treat simple malocclusions preliminarily using Chinese-made invisible orthodontic aligners and discuss the indications, problems existed and future development.
Methods:
Forty-one cases with different malocclusions were selected, including crowding, spaces and spaces due to periodontal problems. Invisible aligners were made and worn by patients and they were changed every 2 - 3 weeks.
Results:
Acceptable treatment results were obtained in all cases, with nice alignments and good overbite and overjet. Treatment time ranged from 6 - 25 months.
Conclusions:
Indications of this technique were still limited and the technique needed to be further developed in the future.