Işiksal E, Seçkin O
Ege Universitesi, Dişhekimliği Fakültesi, Izmir.
Turk Ortodonti Derg. 1990 Apr;3(1):107-11.
Functional jaw orthopedics is an orthodontic treatment which uses muscle stimuli developed from the functions and tonus changes of masticatory, tongue, lip and cheek muscles. The functional regulator which is one of the appliances used in this treatment, takes support not from the teeth, but directly from the soft tissues in order to make changes in alveolar bone and teeth.
