Journal of Case Reports in Dental Medicine
Vol 2, No 3 (2020)

Orthodontic treatment in class II malocclusion: case report

Pawinru, Ardiansyah S. (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Oct 2020

Abstract

Objective: A male patient 23 years, 10 months with a Class II skeletal malocclusion, n class II subdivision dental-malocclussion, included openbite, overbite –6 mm, overjet 8 mm, agenesis of 41, mandibular midline shift to the right, deep palate, mandibular rectognathi and mild crowding of mandibular. Methods: Treatment was extraction of maxillary first premolar with a fixed appliance combined with Class II elastics and box elastic. After 2 years of treatment, correction of the openbite and overjet, lower anterior crowding were achieved. The treatment still continued. Results: The retention of post treatment with camouflage treatment is needed and takes a long time because some cases is reported be relapse very frequently, some literature suggests the use of permanent retention in openbite cases.Conclusion: Long retention is required for the stability of the treatment results.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jcrdm

Publisher

Subject

Dentistry Health Professions

Description

Journal of Case Reports in Dental Medicine is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes case reports and case series in all areas of dentistry, medical, including periodontal diseases, dental implants, oral pathology, as well as oral and maxillofacial surgery, pedodontics, conservative ...