Open AccessNon-extraction treatment of severe crowding with pendulum appliance
Author(s) -
G Chandra Sekhar,
Yudhister Palla,
Padmalatha Challa,
Shubhaker Rao Juvvadi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.114323
Subject(s) - crowding , extraction (chemistry) , pendulum , molar , swing , orthodontics , medicine , dentistry , computer science , psychology , engineering , chemistry , chromatography , mechanical engineering , neuroscience
An extraction case was planned for non-extraction treatment using pendulum appliance and the effect of appliance was evaluated in a 14-year-old girl with a severe maxillary and mandibular crowding followed by non-extraction fixed appliance preadjusted edgewise appliance mechanotherapy. Total treatment time was for 22 months. The obtuse nasolabial angle was maintained intact. Correction of crowding, co-ordinated arch forms was achieved with molar distalization. The impetus on soft-tissue paradigm is stressed in this case report and pendulum appliance can indeed boost our clinical acumen and swing our priorities toward non-extraction treatment.