Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1981
The Ribbon ArchIts Influence in the Development of Orthodontic Appliances
The Ribbon Arch
Its Influence in the Development of Orthodontic Appliances
Page Range: 263 – 268
Abstract
A description of the clinical application of the landmark Ribbon Arch appliance by an orthodontist whose first clinical experience was with that appliance, before the Edgewise mechanism was presented to the specialty.
Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists
Contributor Notes
Dr. Dewel is Editor Emeritus of the American Journal of Orthodontics, having served as Editor-in-Chief from 1968–1978. He is a dental graduate (D.D.S.) of the University of Iowa and received his orthodontic education as a full-time instructor in the Iowa Department of Orthodontics from 1925–1929. He is a 50-year veteran of orthodontic practice and a Diplomate and Past-President of the American Board of Orthodontics