Stability of Mandibular Intercuspid Width After Long Periods of Rentention
This is a long-term study of treated cases, with observation periods averaging more than 12 years. Final observations were 4 to 6 years out of all retention. All cases showed a postretention reduction in intercuspid width regardless of whether that width was increased in the course of treatment, but a significant part of therapeutic increases remained.
Read in part at the January, 1979 meeting of the Midwest Component of the Angle Society.
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Contributor Notes
Dr. Herberger is in the private practice of orthodontics in Elyria, Ohio. He is a dental graduate (D.D.S.) of Loyola in Chicago, holds a postgraduate certificate in advanced orthodontics from the University of Illinois, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics