How to avoid extractions when treating malocclusions using MRC’s Bent Wire System...
Dr Ramirez-Yañez and Dr Farrell, AU
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Release date: 04/28/2020
Expiry date: 09/07/2020
Abstract
Maxillary and mandibular expansion has been proposed to increase the arch perimeter and to avoid extractions during orthodontic treatment. Although controversy has persisted over the stability of expansion techniques, there is an increasing trend toward “non- extraction.” This paper describes a novel method to produce expansion of the dental arches, and at the same time, to treat muscular dysfunctions that may be the etiological factor of the malocclusion. The system has been developed by Myofunctional Research Co. (MRC), Queensland, Australia, as a simpler method of phase one expansion, which may produce improved stability because of simultaneous habit correction in selected cases. Two cases treated with the Farrell Bent Wire System™ (BWS™) are described and the advantage of this method of treatment is discussed.
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About the authors
Chris Farrell, BDS
He graduated from Sydney University in 1971 with a comprehensive knowledge of traditional orthodontics using the BEGG technique. Through clinical experience, he took an interest in TMJ/TMD disorder and, after further research, Farrell discovered that the etiology of malocclusion and TMJ disorder was myofunctional, contradicting the current views of his profession.
German O. Ramirez-Yañez, DDS, PhD
He is a dentist from Colombia (South America) with more than 20 years of experience in guiding craniofacial growth and development. He is a specialist in pediatric dentistry (Mexico) and functional maxillofacial orthopedics (Mexico and Brazil), and is trained in orthodontics (Mexico).
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