Management of Skeletal Class II, deep bite

Class II, Division 2 malocclusion is a clinical entity, which presents a considerable difficulty in the provision of the stable result. Management of deep bite in adults has always been critical and requires proper diagnosis, individualized treatment planning and efficient application of treatment technique. Treatment modality depends on various types of skeletal, dental, and soft tissue problems. The correction of deep bite includes one or more of maxillary incisor intrusion, mandibular incisor intrusion, mandibular incisor proclination, maxillary posterior tooth extrusion, mandibular posterior tooth extrusion, or an increase of the lower face height. This case report describes the orthodontic treatment of an adult patient, who had presented a skeletal Class II, hypo divergent jaw pattern, skeletal deep bite, angles Class II Division 2 Malocclusion. The patient was treated with a combination of orthodontics and surgical line of treatment