Preliminary clinical application of Chinese-made invisible orthodontic technique / 中华口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To treat simple malocclusions preliminarily using Chinese-made invisible orthodontic aligners and discuss the indications, problems existed and future development.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-one cases with different malocclusions were selected, including crowding, spaces and spaces due to periodontal problems. Invisible aligners were made and worn by patients and they were changed every 2 - 3 weeks.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Acceptable treatment results were obtained in all cases, with nice alignments and good overbite and overjet. Treatment time ranged from 6 - 25 months.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Indications of this technique were still limited and the technique needed to be further developed in the future.</p>