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Kesling set-up [1 record]

Record 1 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
OBS

A setting-up of orthodontic appliances on a cast or model following the techniques developed by the Kesling Orthodontics Laboratory (U.S.A.) (Source: orthodontist, Ottawa).

Key term(s)
  • Kesling setup

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
OBS

«Le set-up» : C'est une technique décrite par Kesling en 1946 dans [l'American Journal of Orthodontics] [...] «Set-up» est une expression intraduisible. Il s'agit, en fait, du montage ou plutôt du remontage des dents sur les moulages. La difficulté de traduction a fait que les utilisateurs de cette méthode conservent l'expression anglaise.

Spanish

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