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The European Journal of Orthodontics 1996 18(1):55-67; doi:10.1093/ejo/18.1.55
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Orthodontics for the handicapped child

Adrian Becker*, and Joseph Shapira**

*Departments of Orthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, founded by the Alpha Omega Fraternity Jerusalem, Israel
**Departments of Pedodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, founded by the Alpha Omega Fraternity Jerusalem, Israel

Address for correspondence Professor Adrian Becker, Centre for the Treatment of Cranio-facial, Disorders in Handicapped Children, Department of Orthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, P.O. Box 1172, Jerusalem 91010, Israel

The broad spectrum of difficulties that exist in providing orthodontic treatment for handicapped children is well known and few practitioners offer such a service. The present article offers an analysis of the problems involved and provides some practical answers designed to overcome them. It describes some of the newer modalities that have become available to the dental profession over the last few years and shows how advantage may be gained by their exploitation, in orthodontic treatment. Additionally, some of the older and largely-forgotten methods, appropriately modified and updated, are represented in this context, where they find particular relevance. Guidelines are given to enable the orthodontic profession to gain therapeutic access to a section of the population that urgently requires treatment.


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