ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Justification of use of fixed retainers based on the analysis of size of the incisor and canine crowns
1 Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
2 Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
3 I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
4 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Alexander Valeryevich Butvilovsky
pr. Dzerzhinskogo, 83, 220116, Minsk, Republic of Belarus; ur.relbmar@vtubxela
Author contribution: M.A. Postnikov - literature analysis; A.V. Butvilovsky - research planning; A.A.M. Alsharifi - data collection and interpretation; A.V. Madatyan - manuscript drafting; I.S. Kopetskiy – data collection; D.A. Eremin – data analysis.
Compliance with the ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Belarusian State Medical University (Minutes #15 of June 23, 2022).