Open AccessFUNCTIONAL TREATMENT OBJECTIVE-ROLE IN TWO PHASE TREATMENT
Author(s) -
G. Shivaprakash
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cods - journal of dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2230-8695
DOI - 10.5005/cods-5-2-9
Subject(s) - malocclusion , occlusion , dentition , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , orthodontics , dentistry , biology , surgery , botany , genus
A distal occlusion exerts restraining occlusal forces on the mandibular dentition, and the maxillary dental arch is narrow from distal positioning of the lower dentition. These factors may not allow the mandible to grow to its full genetic potential In severe class II. In the hands of an experienced clinician, full time functional appliances are most efficient in correcting severe class II malocclusion than conventional fixed appliance techniques without mandibular propulsion. This is especially true when the treatment is timed to coincide with the pubertal growth spurt. A case successfully treated with two phase treatment to meet the functional treatment objective is presented.