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| 22-1 |
ISSN (Print) 1013-9052
EISSN 1658-3558
The Saudi Dental Journal,
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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A Non-acrylic Removable Cast Retainer (Al-Balkhi Type)
Khalid M. Al-Balkhi, BDS, MS
King Saud University, College of Dentistry, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Existing retainers are either fixed or removable. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. An attempt is made to introduce a non-acrylic removable retainer that has the advantages of both removable and fixed retainers, but without inheriting their disadvantages, The "Al-Balkhi type" removable retainer is proposed and described. It could be used either as a temporary or as a permanent removable retainer with more favorable clinical properties. Indications and different possible modificational designs are presented.
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