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Compliance: Getting the Most from your Orthodontic Patients

From Volume 34, Issue 9, November 2007 | Pages 565-572

Authors

Padhraig S Fleming

MOrth RCS BDentSc(Hons), MSc, MFDS RCS, MFD RCS

Specialist Registrar in Orthodontics, Maxillofacial Unit, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK

Articles by Padhraig S Fleming

Paul Scott

BChD, MFGDP(UK), MFDS RCS(Eng), MSc, MOrth RCS(Ed), FDS RCS(Eng),

Staff Grade Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust

Articles by Paul Scott

Andrew T DiBiase

BDS (Hons), MSc, MOrth, FDS(Orth) RCS

Consultant Orthodontist, Maxillofacial Unit, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK

Articles by Andrew T DiBiase

Abstract

Successful orthodontic treatment is highly dependent on optimal levels of patient compliance. This paper outlines methods that can be used by orthodontists and general practitioners to optimize compliance throughout active treatment and into the retention phase.

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