<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd">
<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="dentistry" lang="en">
  <front>
    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">487</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2025.51225</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Dentistry</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Clinical Efficiency and Treatment Outcomes of Intermaxillary Elastics in Orthodontic Care&#13;
</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alshareef</surname>
            <given-names>Abdulrahman Adel</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
      <fpage>917</fpage>
      <lpage>921</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Intermaxillary elastics remain an integral component of orthodontic biomechanics owing to their versatility, simplicity, and cost-effectiveness. Although contemporary orthodontic practice has increasingly incorporated skeletal anchorage systems and fixed functional appliances, elastics continue to be routinely prescribed for sagittal correction, vertical control, and occlusal finishing. This narrative review aims to provide a critical appraisal of intermaxillary elastics, with emphasis on their classification, biomechanical behavior, clinical applications, efficiency, and treatment outcomes.&#13;
&#13;
An electronic search of the literature was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar to identify English-language publications relevant to the orthodontic use of intermaxillary elastics. Elastics are discussed according to direction of force application, force magnitude, and material characteristics, with particular focus on Class II, Class III, vertical, and cross elastic configurations. The biomechanical effects on dentoalveolar structures, occlusal plane orientation, and facial vertical proportions are examined with reference to available clinical evidence.&#13;
&#13;
The reviewed literature suggests that intermaxillary elastics can contribute effectively to sagittal dental correction and occlusal refinement when prescribed with appropriate biomechanical control. However, their clinical efficiency is closely linked to patient compliance and is frequently associated with undesirable dentoalveolar effects, including incisor inclination changes and posterior tooth extrusion. When used judiciously and with realistic treatment objectives, intermaxillary elastics remain a valuable adjunct in orthodontic therapy.&#13;
</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>intermaxillary elastics</kwd>
        <kwd> orthodontics</kwd>
        <kwd> biomechanics</kwd>
        <kwd> dentoalveolar compensation</kwd>
        <kwd> Class II</kwd>
        <kwd> Class III</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </article-meta>
  </front>
</article>