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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 657973, 7 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/657973
Research Article

Orthodontic Tooth Movement with Clear Aligners

Carl T. Drake,1 Susan P. McGorray,2 Calogero Dolce,3 Madhu Nair,4 and Timothy T. Wheeler3

1Private Practice 310 Susan Drive, Suite 1, Normal, IL 61761, USA
2Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Box 117450, FL 32611, USA
3Department of Orthodontics, School of Advanced Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
4Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA

Received 13 April 2012; Accepted 1 July 2012

Academic Editors: D. J. Manton and G. Perinetti

Copyright © 2012 Carl T. Drake et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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