title: The ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional Appliance) creating facial beauty and balance.
abstract: Adult orthopedic and orthodontic treatment requires a more circumspect sensibility in diagnosis, technology selection, reasons for treatment, and patient goals. Many adults present with asymmetries of the dental arches, the cranium, and the entire body. The use of the Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) appliance for adult orthopedic treatment will be shown. The appliance construction, application, rational, indications for use, and the results of adding this appliance to an adult treatment regimen will be explored.
authors.affiliation: drdelz@bellsouth.net
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D017289:Orthodontic Appliances, Functional; D011187:Posture