<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This report introduces the Hawlix, a hybrid thermoformed and cold-cured retainer. It was developed to overcome the limitations that modified Hawley retainers possess when used in patients with bounded saddles, attributable to dental trauma or hypodontia. The Hawlix can be used as an intermediate retainer while a patient is waiting to receive restorative treatment. Some of the advantages of the Hawlix over the modified Hawley retainer include: superior aesthetics, cost-effectiveness, ease of manufacture, adequate resistance to fracture, preservation of a residual ridge, and precise space maintenance.</p></abstract>

This report introduces the Hawlix, a hybrid thermoformed and cold-cured retainer. It was developed to overcome the limitations that modified Hawley retainers possess when used in patients with bounded saddles, attributable to dental trauma or hypodontia. The Hawlix can be used as an intermediate retainer while a patient is waiting to receive restorative treatment. Some of the advantages of the Hawlix over the modified Hawley retainer include: superior aesthetics, cost-effectiveness, ease of manufacture, adequate resistance to fracture, preservation of a residual ridge, and precise space maintenance.

The Hawlix: a simple and aesthetic prosthetic-orthodontic retainer

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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This report introduces the Hawlix, a hybrid thermoformed and cold-cured retainer. It was developed to overcome the limitations that modified Hawley retainers...

The Hawlix: a simple and aesthetic prosthetic-orthodontic retainer

Published Online: Jul 30, 2021

Page range: 229 - 232

Received: Nov 01, 2015

Accepted: May 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2020-132

© 2016 Esma J. Doğramacı et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.