Dipti Shastri

Senior Resident, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

The role of magnets in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics

In dentistry, magnets (Table 1) were used first as implants for denture retention by Behrman and Egan in 1953.13.