An innovative appliance for the simultaneous treatment of premolar space loss and lip sucking habit

Abstract

The active lingual arch (LA) and the lip bumper (LB) are popular appliances used for maintaining or increasing arch length. This article highlights an innovative appliance that incorporates the LA and the LB, indicated for the simultaneous treatment of space loss and lip sucking habit.

Keywords

• Lingual arch
• lip bumper
• lip sucking
• space loss