Outcome assessment of lingual and labial appliances compared with cephalometric analysis, peer assessment rating, and objective grading system in Angle Class II extraction cases.

Conclusions: Generally, lingual appliances offer comparable treatment results to those obtained with labial appliances. However, care should be taken with lingual appliances because they are more prone to produce uprighted incisors and root angulation.
PMID: 25153130 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - August 25, 2014 Category: Dentistry Authors: Deguchi T, Terao F, Aonuma T, Kataoka T, Sugawara Y, Yamashiro T, Takano-Yamamoto T Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research