The use of magnets to move molars distally.
Repelling magnets, which were anchored to a modified Nance appliance cemented on the first premolars, were activated against the maxillary first molars to move them distally. Eighty percent of the space created represented distal movement of the first molars.
Gianelly
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Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, Mass.
Vaitas
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Thomas
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D003765:Models, Dental; D008963:Molar; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods*