title: Aesthetic Retainer cum Trainer.
abstract: Tongue thrust habit is one of the contributing factors in the relapse of orthodontic treatment results. Compliance with removable habit breaking appliance is a major issue to the dental practitioners treating patients of any age group. Through this case we introduce a more aesthetic and comfortable option to the patients requiring habit control for tongue thrusting and retention of treatment results. Hence, this appliance acts as a retainer cum trainer in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Senior Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences , New Delhi, India .
authors.forename: Tulika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences , New Delhi, India .
authors.forename: Shilpa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences , New Delhi, India .
authors.forename: Priyank
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rai
keywords: Habit breaking; Retention; Tongue thrust