Treatment of skeletal class II malocclusion with the combination of twin-block and combination-pull headgear | Zendy

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Treatment of skeletal class II malocclusion with the combination of twin-block and combination-pull headgear

Author(s) -

SameerS Patil,

SheetalS Potnis,

SandeshS Baralay

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

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