Correction of a severe protrusive soft tissue profile without orthognathic surgery can be challenging. This case report describes the treatment of a young woman with a severe bimaxillary protrusion. Orthodontic treatment included extraction of her 4 first premolars and total arch distalization of both arches using a palatal plate appliance. The total treatment time was 24 months. Her occlusion ...

This case report illustrates the successful treatment of a patient with skeletal Class II malocclusion and an unesthetic smile involving excessive gingival display and large buccal corridors. By applying dual buccal interradicular miniscrews, total intrusion of the maxillary dentition along with distalization was induced to improve both the occlusion and smile esthetics. In addition to the conv...

objective: attempts to treat class ii malocclusions without extraction in non-compliant patients have led to utilization of intraoral molar distalizing appliances. the purpose of this study was to investigate dental and skeletal effects of bonded molar distalizer (bmd) which is a simple molar distalizing appliance. materials and methods: sixteen patients (12 girls, four boys) with bilateral hal...

Maxillary molar distalization to correct a dental Class II relationship and create space relieve crowding has been long-lasting subject of debate in orthodontics. Generally, distalize maxillary molars, an intra-arch appliance is favored over inter-arch since it does not utilize mandibular dentition as anchorage, so some unwanted side effects on incisors can be avoided. A variety appliances have...

195 a Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Orthodontics, Trabzon, Turkey. b Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Oral Surgery, Trabzon, Turkey. Corresponding author: Mehmet Bayram. Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Orthodontics, Trabzon, Black Sea 61080, Turkey. +90 462 3774724; e-mail, [email protected]. Received Ja...

OBJECTIVE To compare the transverse dental changes induced by the palatally applied Frog appliance and buccally applied Karad's integrated distalizing system (KIDS). METHODS We evaluated the pre- and post distalization orthodontic models of 39 patients, including 19 treated using the Frog appliance, which is palatally positioned (Frog group), and 20 treated using KIDS, which is buccally posit...

treatment method for dental Class II pa ­ tients with excessive overjet, anterior crowding, or both. Given the unpopularity of headgear among pa tients,1,2 clinicians increasingly prefer intraoral appliances with minimal need for patient coop­ eration. Unfortunately, most of the conventional non­compliance devices produce unwanted side effects. Anchorage loss of 24­55% can result in mesial migr...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of distal jet for the first molar distalization on the eruption of maxillary second molar. Materials and Methods: The dental casts and cephalograms of 33 patients with class II malocclusion were analyzed. The group of distal jet appliance consisted of 18 patients with the second molars absent or partly erupted. And 15 patients with co...