This is the second of a short series of papers illustrating appliance therapy in use at the Eastman Dental Hospital, London. In this paper we describe the use of removable appliances for the earlier stages of tooth movement, progressing gradually to the use of banded fixed appliances, using 0·018 in.×0·025 in. twin edgewise brackets, for the later, more sophisticated stages of treatment.
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