Orthodontics, the oldest discipline of dental specialty concerns with the treatment of malocclusion both dental and skeletal. Although etiology of malocclusion is multifactorial, genes do have influence on this condition, beside their role in mechanism of tooth movement and unwanted sequel like external root resorption following orthodontic treatment. This short communication will focus the iss...

Pseudo-Class III malocclusion is characterized by the presence of an anterior crossbite due to a forward functional displacement of the mandible; in most cases, the maxillary incisors present some degree of retroclination, and the mandibular incisors are proclined. Various types of appliances have been described in the literature for the early treatment of pseudo-Class III malocclusion. The obj...

Active vertical control is critical in the treatment of hyperdivergent skeletal Class II malocclusion. The mechanics have been well shown as successful fixed appliance system with temporary anchorage devices (TADs); however, there are few relevant case reports clear aligner therapy (CAT). present report describes a severe using CAT extraction four premolars. was performed TADs, which facilitate...

Abstract Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the skeletal, dentoalveolar soft-tissue effects 2 fixed functional appliance; Forsus Fatigue Resistance Device (FFRD) PowerScope appliance in treating patients with skeletal class II division 1 malocclusion. Materials Methods This comparative prospective two-group included 20 a mean age 11.2 ± 1.6 years malocclusion ret...

OBJECTIVE To assess the dental, skeletal, and soft tissue effects of comprehensive fixed appliance treatment combined with the Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device (FRD) in Class II patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-two Class II patients (mean age 12.7 ± 1.2 years) were treated consecutively with the FRD protocol and compared with a matched sample of 27 untreated Class II subjects (mean age 1...

Introduction: The Purpose of this study was to evaluate dentofacial vertical dimension alteration in patients with class II division 1 malocclusion after the first maxillarypremolar extraction. Methods:This study used 24 cephalogramseach before and after treatment. Dentofacial dimension measured by Sivakumar and Valiathan method. The cephalometric measurements investigated were as follows : man...

INTRODUCTION In this cephalometric investigation, we analyzed the treatment effects of bone-anchored maxillary protraction (BAMP) with miniplates in the maxilla and mandible connected by Class III elastics in patients with Class III malocclusion. METHODS The treated sample consisted of 21 Class III patients consecutively treated with the BAMP protocol before the pubertal growth spurt (mean ag...

OBJECTIVES In the first place, to evaluate skeletal changes of the maxilla and mandible induced by surgical-orthodontic correction of malocclusions class III with long-face syndrome and secondly, to analyze the stability of these skeletal changes in the long term (more than 6 years). DESIGN OF STUDY A retrospective, unicentric and longitudinal study of 19 patients who had undergone surgical a...

This article reports the case of a 44-year-old male with skeletal Class III, Angle Class III malocclusion and unilateral crossbite with concerns about obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), esthetics and functional problems. To correct the skeletal deformities, the maxilla was anteriorly repositioned by employing LeFort I osteotomy following pre-surgical orthodontic treatment, because a mandi...

Maxillary protraction headgear has been used in the treatment of Class III malocclusion with maxillary deficiency. However, loss of dental anchorage has been reported with tooth-borne anchorage such as lingual arches and expansion devices. This side effect can be minimized with skeletal anchorage devices such as implants, onplants, mini-implants, and miniplates. The use of miniplates for maxill...