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Growth Augmentation With Activators, John R. Sibley
Growth Augmentation With Activators, John R. Sibley
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This research was performed to determine if bony changes could be effected by activator treatment and how stable this treatment is.
From a sample of twenty-seven cases with before activator treatment cephalometric radiographs. Rocky Mountain Data Systems provided growth projections, with and without edgewise treatment, for the period of time each patient was in treatment. These forecasts were compared to the post-treatment cephalograms to analyze the orthopedic effects of activator treatment with normal growth and with edgewise therapy.
Nine of the twenty-seven case treated sample responded to recall for post-treatment cephalograms and were analyzed for relapse.
It was apparent that …