The influence of intermittent forces during daytime application of the SIII appliance.
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.
Sander
Christian
C
Department of Orthodontics, University of Ulm, Germany. sander@medizin.uni-ulm.de
Sander
Franz Günter
FG
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