OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cephalometric alterations in patients with Angle Class II division 1 malocclusion, orthodontically treated with extraction of two maxillary premolars. METHODS The sample comprised 68 initial and final lateral cephalograms of 34 patients of both sex (mean initial age of 14.03 years and mean final age of 17.25 years), treated with full fix...

This case report describes the orthodontic treatment of a 32-year-old woman with a Class III malocclusion, whose chief compliant was her dentofacial esthetics. The pretreatment lateral cephalometric tracings showed the presence of a Class III dentoskeletal malocclusion with components of maxillary deficiency. After discussion with the patient, the treatment option included surgically assisted r...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the treatment duration and dentoskeletal changes between two different anchorage systems used to treat maxillary dentoalveolar protrusion and to examine the effectiveness of en-masse retraction using two miniscrews placed in the midpalatal suture. METHODS Fifty-seven patients (9 men, 48 women), who had undergone level anchorage system treatme...

Adolescents with bad malocclusion can more often be victims of bullying and the improvement their facial appearance through oral rehabilitation is nowadays an important issue.
 The aim this case report was to describe orthodontic treatment in a teenager dentoskeletal exposed correct his occlusal problems improve esthetics quality life. patient, boy aged 13.5 years, had class II, division 1...

The aim of the study was to analyse the prevalence and distribution of buccally displaced canines (BDCs) in subjects scheduled for orthodontic treatment and to investigate the association between BDC and sagittal, vertical, and transverse dentoskeletal relationships. A study sample of 1852 subjects was examined, and it was divided randomly into two groups. A first group of 252 subjects served a...

Maxillary protraction is the conventional treatment for growing Class III patients with maxillary deficiency, but it has undesirable dental effects. The purpose of this report is to introduce an alternative modality of maxillary protraction in patients with dentoskeletal Class III malocclusion using a modified C-palatal plate connected with elastics to a face mask. This method improved skeletal...