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- Title
Recent Advances and Future Opportunities of Face Mask Appliance.
- Authors
Fareen, Nashid; Alam, Mohammad Khursheed
- Abstract
Objective: Different studies in the last ten years regarding face mask appliance have been analyzed. Revealing new treatment protocols, comparing efficacy, introducing and comparing new anchorage systems and many other excellent works have been carried out. The aim of this study is to summarize the experiences, the knowledge; gathered in the last ten years about face mask appliance and provide guidance in using functional appliance efficiently. Materials and methods: A search of several electronic databases was conducted until April 2015. Studies on human sample using face mask were selected. Two authors assessed and selected the data independently and evaluated the quality of the retrieved studies. The search strategy eventuated in 2166 articles, among which 27 articles were selected finally depending on the inclusion criteria. Result: A summarized content expressing the recent studies regarding Face Mask appliance was prepared after evaluating the data. Conclusion: Face Mask provides significant improvement in class III malocclusion as well as in obstructive sleep apnea.
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2017, Vol 24, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Academic Journal