Question 6 (part 2) · LDEK · Functional appliances
Choose correct statement regarding the Frankel’s function regulator:
- A. it is a bimaxillary appliance, in which both palatal and lingual arch is connected with palatal arch.
- B. the appliance is built out of two acrylic discs reaching from lateral incisors to molars, spaced apart from buccal surfaces of teeth and alveolar processes by 2 mm.
- C. such appliance causes retraction of cheeks and lips from dental arches and releases the modeling function of the tongue.
- D. It is a spring bimaxillary appliance, which uses the function of wire elements and activating muscles.
- E. it is a passive appliance used in combating habits.
Hint
Remember where the Frankel appliance sits in the mouth and what it does to the pressure of the lips and cheeks.
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