New design space regainers: ′Lingual arch crossbow′ and ′Double banded space regainer′

This article highlights the use of two new design space regainers - the "lingual arch crossbow" and the "double-banded space regainer." The former may be used for distalizing a mesially migrated mandibular first premolar, if it erupts prior to the canine. The latter may be used i...

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Main Authors: P Chalakka, A M Thomas, F Akkara, R Pavaskar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2012;volume=30;issue=2;spage=161;epage=165;aulast=Chalakka