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Digital workflows for 3D-printed customised double-slotted lingual appliances: a case report Cover

Digital workflows for 3D-printed customised double-slotted lingual appliances: a case report

Open Access
|Nov 2023

Abstract

With the advancement of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, orthodontists are able to design and manufacture customised lingual appliances, which may increase treatment versatility and reduce treatment costs. The present article describes the digital workflows associated with the design and manufacture of customised double-slotted lingual brackets and arch wires. Also demonstrated is the technique’s efficiency through a non-extraction case report. An adult patient with moderate crowding in both arches was successfully treated using 3D-printed customised double-slotted lingual appliances combined with miniscrews and interproximal reduction. The moderate crowding was addressed without incisor proclination despite the non-extraction strategy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2023-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
Language: English
Page range: 100 - 112
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2023
Published on: Nov 21, 2023
Published by: Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Nguyen Viet Anh, Nguyen Thuy Anh, published by Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.