Cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction: Hawley and vacuum-formed retainers
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Cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction: Hawley and vacuum-formed retainers.
In the United Kingdom (UK) over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in the use of vacuum-formed retainers (VFRs) rather than conventional Hawley retainers. There are currently no data to compare the cost-effectiveness of this change in practice. The two aims of this study were to compare (1) the cost-effectiveness of VFRs and Hawley retainers over 6 months, from the perspec...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Orthodontics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0141-5387,1460-2210
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjm039