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Stability and relapse: early treatment of arch length deficiency.
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American Academy of Gnathologic Orthopedics Journal
- Article date:
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December 1, 2006
- Author:
- Little, Robert M.
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Nearly 5 decades ago, the faculty of the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Washington began collecting postretention records for patients treated in their private practices and at the University's orthodontic clinic. This collection has grown to over 850 sets of records, the study of which has molded our diagnostic, treatment-planning, and retention strategies. Others have done parallel research, efforts we applaud, and from which we continue to learn. Our clinically based hypotheses have been tested, sometimes altered or even abandoned because of these data.
We have been encouraged and sometimes discouraged by our own findings for cases treated in the full ...