Temporary intervention: dental splinting and the intragastric bubble.
Morbid obesity is a significant health problem in the United States today. This has resulted in an intensive investigation into temporary interventions for weight control. Dental splinting does not result in long-term weight loss because patients rapidly regain weight following release of jaw fixation. The Garren-Edwards intragastric bubble was equally ineffective in achieving weight loss and was fraught with numerous complications.
Lieber
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Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Seinige
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Sataloff
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Blake
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Rovito
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D000818:Animals; D001069:Appetite Regulation; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010515:Periodontal Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D010516:Periodontal Splints / Q000009:adverse effects; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D013270:Stomach / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors