title: [Preliminary clinical application of Chinese-made invisible orthodontic technique].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To treat simple malocclusions preliminarily using Chinese-made invisible orthodontic aligners and discuss the indications, problems existed and future development.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one cases with different malocclusions were selected, including crowding, spaces and spaces due to periodontal problems. Invisible aligners were made and worn by patients and they were changed every 2 - 3 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acceptable treatment results were obtained in all cases, with nice alignments and good overbite and overjet. Treatment time ranged from 6 - 25 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Indications of this technique were still limited and the technique needed to be further developed in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100050, China. byuxing@263.net
authors.forename: Yu-xing
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Jie-min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yong-nian
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Bang-kang
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057887:Overbite; D055815:Young Adult