Advantages And Disadvantages Of Removable Appliances

Removable Appliances

Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of removable appliances.
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Removable Orthodontic Appliances

Orthodontic appliances are the devices that can be inserted into and removed from oral cavity by the patient at will.

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Advantages of Removable Appliances

• Removable nature of appliance makes it possible to maintain good oral hygiene during orthodontic therapy.
• Appliance can be kept clean by patient.
• Fabricated in lab so less chair side time is required.
• It bring about tipping tooth movement so it require less force and employs less strain on the anchor teeth.
• Removable appliance can be used by general dental practitioners so specialist can concentrate on more difficult cases, the orthodontist can handle more number of patients.

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• Fabrication of removable appliances need less inventory.
• They are relatively less expensive than fied appliances.
• They are less conspicuous as compared to multibanded fixed appliance.
• Damaged appliances that applied undesirable forces can be removed by the patient.

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“Role of removable appliances in improving oral hygiene during treatment”

Disadvantages of Removable Appliances

• Patient cooperation is very important for the success of the treatment.
• Capable of only tipping tooth movement. So cases which are already tipped are not treated by removable appliances.
• When multiple tooth movement required each movement should carried out at one time. So treatment time is prolonged.
• Multiple rotation are diffilt to treat.
• Difficult to close extraction space by removable appliance by forward movement of posterior teeth.

“Early warning signs of untreated malocclusions addressable by removable appliances”

• The patient may misplace or damage the appliance.
• The patient should learn to remove and replace the appliance without distorting them.
• It can’t be used for treating severe class 3 and 3 malocclusion
• Ectopic teeth are very diffilt to correct by removable appliances.
• Tight proximal contact is diffilt to obtain between the teeth and removable appliance.
• Patients having complex problems cannot be treated.