Temporary intervention: dental splinting and the intragastric bubble
Lieber, C.P.; Seinige, U.L.; Sataloff, D.M.; Blake, H.A.; Rovito, P.F.
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America 16(3): 451-460
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0889-8553 PMID: 3325426 Document Number: 290491
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.