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Review
. 1987 Sep;16(3):451-60.

Temporary intervention: dental splinting and the intragastric bubble

C P Lieber  1 , U L Seinige, D M Sataloff, H A Blake 2nd, P F Rovito
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  • PMID: 3325426
Review

Temporary intervention: dental splinting and the intragastric bubble

C P Lieber et al. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1987 Sep.

Abstract

Morbid obesity is a significant health problem in the United States today. This has resulted in an intensive investigation into temporary interventions for weight control. Dental splinting does not result in long-term weight loss because patients rapidly regain weight following release of jaw fixation. The Garren-Edwards intragastric bubble was equally ineffective in achieving weight loss and was fraught with numerous complications.

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