The principles of orthodontic tooth movement and manipulation of jaw growth and development can be utilized in equine dental practice. A technique to improve or even correct the serious malocclusion of parrot mouth (overjet and possibly overbite) in foals utilizing maxillary retention wires combined with a fixed acrylic and aluminum bite plane, has been used for over ten years by the author wit...

Two brothers are described with a similar physical appearance characterised by minor periorbital anomalies, malar flatness, a maxillary overbite, retrognathia, sloping shoulders, joint hyperextensibility, and minor radiological anomalies. In addition, they had a slowly progressing night blindness, myopia, and extinguished electroretinograms. The mother had mild expression of some of the physica...

Case Description: After orthodontic diagnosis, treatment undertaken was the surgical removal of the mesiodens and the use of a palatal crib therapy in order to discontinue the thumb habit. Then, orthodontic brackets were bonded on maxillary central incisors and the diastema closed allowing the spontaneous irruption of the maxillary laterals incisors. When acceptable levels of overbite and overj...

Background: Malocclusion is dentofacial growth deviation from its normal size and shape, thus causing abnormal occlusion. One of etiology heredity. Removable twin block, a functional appliance that can be used in interceptive orthodontic treatment, to treat Class II malocclusion with large overjet children during skeletal development. Case: An 11-year-old boy came pediatric dental specialist cl...

The present case report describes the interdisciplinary management of a patient with increased overbite and overjet, Angle’s Class Ⅰ malocclusion, bilateral agenesis mandibular central incisors microdontia upper lateral incisors. 18-year-old female had convex profile, maxillary dentoalveolar protrusion mild spacing in anterior region. Therefore, treatment consisted fixed appliance therapy, foll...

OBJECTIVE An increased overbite may be due to a skeletal or dental etiology that may influence treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the skeletal and dentoalveolar features in patients with deep bite malocclusion in an Iranian population and to determine the most and least effective and contributory variables causing deep bite. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lateral cephalograms and stu...

Deep overbite has potentially detrimental effects on mandibular and temporomandibular joint function and periodontal health as well as esthetics. Incisor intrusion can be achieved with various treatment modalities. The most commonly used is the utility arch technique. In mini-implant anchorage system, forces can be applied to produce tooth movement in any direction without detrimental reciproca...