Nonsurgical and nonprosthetic camouflage treatment of skeletal Class II open bite with bilaterally missing lower first molars.

This report illustrates the successful nonsurgical and nonprosthetic camouflage treatment of a skeletal Class II open bite malocclusion combined with missing mandibular first molars bilaterally. In the mandible, the second and third molars were uprighted and protracted, substituting for the missing first molars. In the maxilla, anterior bodily retraction and full-arch intrusion were achieved following premolar and second molar extraction, which also induced autorotation of the mandible. The treatment outcome and prognosis were confirmed with three-dimensional superimposition techniques, along with long-term stability.
PMID: 30124320 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - August 20, 2018 Category: Dentistry Authors: Nguyen T, Baek ES, Hwang S, Kim KH, Chung CJ Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research