Open AccessPremolar extraction in orthodontics: Does it have any effect on patient′s facial height?
Author(s) -
Abdolhamid Zafarmand,
Mohamad-Mahdi Zafarmand
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.151980
Subject(s) - medicine , premolar , malocclusion , orthodontics , dentistry , cephalometry , reduction (mathematics) , lower lip , surgery , mathematics , molar , geometry
Facial esthetics is an important part of the orthodontic treatment. Many cases frequently require premolar extraction, either for relief of crowding or for profile change. Supposedly, extraction provides some vertical reduction. This investigation challenges the clinical effects of such treatment protocols.