title: The influence of intermittent forces during daytime application of the SIII appliance.
abstract: Daytime application of the SIII appliance results in mainly intermittent forces. Permanent force occurs only for a few minutes, if at all. These intermittent forces may be as high as 40 N in individual cases. Depending upon the patient's activity and temperament, 10 to more than 100 intermittent force impulses per minute can occur. The intermittent forces account for the therapeutic effects found in young patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of Ulm, Germany. sander@medizin.uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Franz Günter
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Sander
mesh_terms: D001732:Bite Force; D002648:Child; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement; D009968:Orthodontic Appliances, Removable; D013314:Stress, Mechanical