Three case reports demonstrating treatment of relatively complex orthodontic cases using a completely customised lingual appliance.

Correction of severe tooth rotation by using two different orthodontic ‎appliances: Report of two cases

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Severe rotation of tooth is one of the most common problems in orthodontics and considered as a developmental phenomenon. These rotations can cause cosmetic problems, gingival recession, and traumatic occlusion. By using removable appliances, severe rotations can be treated. Furthermore, gingival damage, tooth attrition, and transposition of other teeth could be prevented. E...

Lingual orthodontics: an illustrated review with the incognito fully customised appliance.

Risk Factors of Root Resorption in Orthodontic Patients Terated with Fixed Appliance

Introduction:Orthodontic treatment is associted with a risk of root resorption.The aim of this study was to determine the risk of moderate and sever root resorption in orthodontic patients treated with fixed orthodontic appliance.   Method:A case-control study was performed on 70 orthodontic treated patients with moderate and sever root resorption and 70 controls matched for age,sex,duration ...

Control of mandibular incisors with the combined Herbst and completely customized lingual appliance - a pilot study

BACKGROUND The traditional Herbst appliance induces mandibular incisor proclination independent of the anchorage system used. The dental effects of the Herbst appliance as an element of a completely customized lingual orthodontic (LO) appliance (Incognito, 3 M) has not been analyzed yet and the aim of this paper was to measure the effect of mandibular incisor proclination using this Herbst-LO d...

Lingual orthodontic treatment duration: performance of two different completely customized multi-bracket appliances (Incognito and WIN) in groups with different treatment complexities

INTRODUCTION The occurrence of side-effects of fixed orthodontic therapy, such as white-spot lesions and root resorption, are known to be significantly more frequent with increasing duration of treatment. Multi-bracket treatment should be as short as possible, in order to minimize the risks of collateral damage to teeth. The aim of this non-randomized clinical trial was to compare treatment dur...