Open AccessTreatment of skeletal class II malocclusion with the combination of twin-block and combination-pull headgear
Author(s) -
Sameer Patil,
Sandesh Satish Baralay,
Sheetal Potnis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of dental and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2277-6672
pISSN - 2277-4696
DOI - 10.4103/2277-4696.159094
Subject(s) - overjet , malocclusion , overbite , maxilla , orthodontics , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , dentistry , block (permutation group theory) , mathematics , geometry , biology , genus , botany
The patient was a girl with a Class II division 1 malocclusion, a large overjet, an excessively deep overbite, and a slightly increased mandibular plane angle. Treatment started with the Twin-block appliance combined with combination-pull headgear to promote growth of the mandible, restrain the maxilla in the anteroposterior plane, and improve her profile. This was later, followed by fixed appliance therapy