Oral comfort, function and hygiene in patients with lingual brackets. A prospective longitudinal study.

Background: Oral comfort, speech, mastication and swallowing, as well as oral hygiene were to be evaluated in a prospective longitudinal study before and after insertion of lingual brackets.

Patients And Method: 22 patients (five male, 17 female, mean age 34.7 years, SD 10.

Comparison of 3 bonded lingual appliances by auditive analysis and subjective assessment.

The aim of this prospective study was to compare for the first time the influences of lingual appliances of different dimensions on sound performance and oral comfort. The study group comprised 12 subjects (10 women, 2 men; mean age, 33.96 years).