🌟 MUST READ DEFINTIONS 🔸FACEMASK: An extra-oral appliance, commonly used in Class III malocclusion, that uses anchorage from the chin and forehead to place anterior forces on the maxillary dentition and/or maxilla.🔸FIXED APPLIANCE: An appliance that is cemented or bonded onto the teeth and cannot be removed by the patient.🔸FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE: A removable or fixed appliance, usually used in Class II malocclusion, which alters the posture of the mandible, causing stretching of the facial soft tissues, to produce a combination of dental and skeletal changes.🔸FUNCTIONAL MATRIX THEORY: A theory of facial…
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