Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 12

Magnets and Orthodontics-A Review

1Post Graduate Student, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Chennai

2Professor, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Chennai

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Jeenu Raj, Post Graduate Student, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Phone: 8056226257, Email: bhjeenu@gmail.com

Online published on 4 April, 2020.

Abstract

The last few decades visualized magnets being used in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics and attempts have been made to evaluate the biological implications of magnets and magnetic fields during clinical application. This article gives an overview about magnets in general and its possible applications in orthodontics

Keywords

Applications, magnets