title: A technique for placement of direct bonded lingual retainer.
abstract: Different methods of bonding lingual retainers have evolved over the past three decades, both direct and indirect methods. The indirect method involves certain laboratory procedures to hold the retainer wire on the teeth, whereas the direct technique involves bonding the prefabricated retainer wire. The present article describes a new technique for direct-bonded lingual retainer.
authors.affiliation: KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rohan S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hattarki
mesh_terms: D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018704:Orthodontic Retainers