INTRODUCTION The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the dentoalveolar and skeletal cephalometric changes produced by headgear (HG) biteplane and bionator appliances in subjects with Class II Division 1 malocclusion. METHODS The sample comprised 60 patients with Class II Division 1 malocclusion; 30 (15 boys, 15 girls; mean age, 10.02 years) were treated with the HG biteplane for a m...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate dentoskeletal effects in the treatment of Class II malocclusion performed with the Herbst appliance in patients at post-peak stage of growth. METHODS The sample consisted of 16 patients with Class II malocclusion and average initial and final ages of 14.04 (ranging from 11.50 to 35.66) and 17.14 (ranging from 13.68 to 38.64) years, respect...

Dr. Hong is Chairman, Department of Orthodontics, Chong-A Dental Hospital, and Clinical Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. Drs. Lim and Heo are in the private practice of orthodontics in Seoul. Dr. Heo is also a Clinical Professor, Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. Dr. Ahn is an As...

Dentoalveolar fracture is defined as a fracture in the bone surrounding the teeth without any extension to the basal bones of the maxilla or mandible (1). As for other parts of the facial skeleton, the treatment strategy for dentoalveolar fractures consists of fracture reduction, fixation and immobilization (2); however, some dentoalveolar fractures are difficult to treat. In some dentoalveola...

BACKGROUND Depending on the indication, and the age of a patient, class II division I malocclusion can be treated by a fixed or mobile orthodontic appliance, with or without teeth extraction. CASE REPORT A treatment of a male patient, 15 years old, with dentoalveolar class II division I was described. On the base of clinical findings, study case analysis, analysis of orthopan and profile ceph...