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The Tweed-Merrifield philosophy
1Graduate Department of Orthodontics, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA.
Seminars in Orthodontics
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
Charles Tweed's concepts have been simplified, enhanced, and expanded by Levern Merrifield. Merrifield's ideas have augmented Tweed's to give orthodontics the Tweed-Merrifield philosophy. Adherence to the philosophy allows the orthodontic specialist to define objectives for the face, the skeletal pattern, and the teeth, and to diagnose and treat a malocclusion to efficiently reach these predetermined objectives.