title: [Cephalometric and tomographic evaluation of the treatment results of Class II division 1 obtained by elastic activator].
abstract: A group of 10 patients with Class II division 1 malocclusion was treated by an elastic activator for 11 months in order to achieve an orthopaedic improvement in the anteroposterior jaw relationship. Another group of 8 untreated patients with the same malocclusion served as a control group. Both groups involved the patients between 8 and 10 years of age. A comparative cephalometric and tomographic study prior to the treatment and after completion of the treatment revealed the following results: an improvement in the occlusal relationships due to both skeletal (an anterior mandibular displacement and an increase in the mandibular length) and dentoalveolar changes; it was possible to produce a growth stimulation of the mandibular condyle associated with a translation of the glenoid fossa by using an elastic activator; there was a direct correlation between the effects of the treatment and the age period of the patients (mixed dentition).
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demirović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filipović
mesh_terms: D000202:Activator Appliances; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy*; D009968:Orthodontic Appliances, Removable; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective
vernacular_title: Kefalometrijska i tomografska evaluacija rezultata terapije II/1 pomoću elasticnog aktivatora.