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Occlusal Rehabilitation of Pseudo‐Class III Patient
Author(s) -
Cardoso Antônio Carlos,
Ferreira Cimara Fortes,
Oderich Elisa,
Pedroso Moira Leão,
Wicks Russell
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of prosthodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.902
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1532-849X
pISSN - 1059-941X
DOI - 10.1111/jopr.12158
Subject(s) - orthognathic surgery , medicine , centric relation , malocclusion , dentistry , orthodontics , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , rehabilitation , class (philosophy) , surgery , physical therapy , occlusion , computer science , botany , artificial intelligence , biology , genus
To treat a patient with anterior crossbite, the clinician should first assess if it is a genuine class III or a pseudo‐class III malocclusion. Cephalometric analysis is important; however, registering a patient's centric relation (CR) is simple, quick, and costless and can play a decisive role in a differential diagnosis for this type of patient profile. This clinical report depicts a patient clinically diagnosed as class III. After mandible manipulation in CR, it was noted that the patient in question was a pseudo‐class III. The treatment was based on the pseudo‐class III diagnosis. Therefore, the patient was rehabilitated by occlusal adjustments and conventional and implant‐supported prostheses and without the need for invasive orthognathic surgery.