Retention and relapse –A review
International Journal of Development Research
Retention and relapse –A review
Received 08th January, 2019; Received in revised form 17th February, 2019; Accepted 21st March, 2019; Published online 30th April, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Dr. Ram Priya S. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Long-term post treatment stability and methods to prevent relapse is major interest to all orthodontists. This review article highlights the biological basis and possible factors reported to play a role in orthodontic relapse and to review various long-term retention studies evaluating the stability of various treatment modalities and different retention methods and its comparison for render better Post treatment stability.