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Mandibular Repositioning With Frankel Appliance Therapy, Clark E. Schneekluth
Mandibular Repositioning With Frankel Appliance Therapy, Clark E. Schneekluth
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A sample of twelve Frankel appliance (FR-2) treated patients, in the mixed dentition stage, were selectively chosen by an orthodontist based on the Class II correction and evaluated from before treatment and end of treatment laminagraphic and lateral cephalometric radiographs. The average treatment period was 22 months (1 yr. 10 mos.). The average pre-treatment age was 9.5 years with a range from 8 to 11 years old, while the average post-treatment age was 11.3 years with a range of 10 to 13 years.
Frankel appliance therapy was the only form of mechanics used in this study.
The before treatment lateral …