Abstract
The finishing stage of treatment generally involves detailing the overall occlusion and individual tooth position prior to removing the fixed appliance. It tends to follow space closure in extraction cases, may involve preservation of any space closure and incorporates completion of intra-arch and inter-arch objectives. This stage of treatment may span anything from a matter of weeks to a number of months with more time-consuming finishing changes including torque correction, while other alignment and vertical changes tend to improve more rapidly.
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Fleming, P., Seehra, J. (2019). Finishing Stages. In: Fixed Orthodontic Appliances. BDJ Clinician’s Guides. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12165-5_8
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