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One of the many fixed functional appliances is Forsus appliance. If incremental force is required with this appliance 2mm split crimps are placed onto the mandibular push button to increase pressure on the spring. This article describes a case report of a patient treated with fixed functional appliance therapy where a Forsus fatigue resistant device (FRD) is used with elastic ligatures.
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In the last two decades, exciting new developments in dental materials and computer technology have led to the success of dental computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology. CAD/CAM is proving to be a valuable image enhancer, production booster and profit generator. Highly sophisticated chair side and laboratory CAD/CAM systems have been introduced. This article provides an overview of various CAD/CAM systems.