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ArticleContemporary clinical dentistry

Twinkle R 3D Appliance - An Innovative Functional Skeletal Class ll Corrector.

Rohan Rai, Jacob Joseph, K Mithun, V Harshitha, Suhani Shetty

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Article in Contemporary clinical dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rohan RaiDepartment of Orthodontics, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Jacob JosephDepartment of Orthodontics, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
K MithunDepartment of Orthodontics, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
V HarshithaDepartment of Orthodontics, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Suhani ShettyDepartment of Orthodontics, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

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Abstract

Functional appliances are widely used for regulating and directing growth in which commonly used are Frankel regulator and twinblock. Frankel regulator expands the orofacial arena for allowing growth by passive expansion, whereas twin block aids sagittal correction in retrusive mandible. Heres, an attempt to bring about both the changes in a single appliance where sagittal correction as well as keeping away constricted musculature is desired. In this appliance, passive and active expansion has been used simultaneously for better results. In the hindsight of the results, we could get in this case using Twinkle R 3D appliance, we hope that this appliance will be helpful in many more similar cases and act as adundum in clinician's armamentarium.

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Class IIcombination applianceconstricted muscleFrankel regulatorfunctional appliancetwin block

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PMID33850406
PMCPMC8035843

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