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Orthodontics Annotated Bibliography

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Mary Catherine Sobiesk
Mrs. Walters
English 1113
8 September 2015
Research Paper Annotated Bibliography
Djeu, Garret, Clarence Shelton, and Anthony Maganzini. "Outcome assessment of Invisalign and traditional orthodontic treatment compared with the American Board of Orthodontics objective grading system." American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics 128.3 (2005): 292-298.
The article starts by explaining why Invisalign has become a well used orthodontic appliance. People claim that Invisalign works just as well as traditional braces for certain mouth issues, a study was conducted to find out the truth. The article explains …show more content…

Before the treatment starts, an imprint of a patient’s mouth is done and then scanned into a system used to form the Invisalign aligners. After the impression of an individual’s mouth is scanned, an orthodontist analyzes the mouth. The orthodontist then decides the movement of teeth needed to achieve the desired aesthetic results. When the orthodontist figures out the “path” of the teeth, he or she makes aligners to achieve the desired end result. Once the aligners are created, they are sent to the patient. The patient then can begin the treatment. After the explanation of Invisalign aligners, Joffe goes on to point out the negatives and positives Invisalign brings about. Some of the negatives include lack of control of the treatment and limited corrections available, while some of the positives include the desired appearance of an orthodontic treatment and the ability for a user to retain good oral care at ease. Invisalign is a unique system that has pros and …show more content…

The orthodontic treatments compared were fixed appliance therapy and Invisalign. In the study, one large group was split into two smaller groups. One group wore fixed appliances and the other wore invisalign. For one week, the test subjects kept a journal and answered questions. The questions were used to determine the psychosocial, functional, and pain related to treatment impacts. The diary results for each group of test subjects were averaged. A graph was then made to compare the impacts of fixed appliance therapy and Invisalign. The graphs revealed Invisalign impacts were more “positive” than the impacts fixed orthodontic treatments

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