Treatment of a Class II, Division 1, malocclusion with the extraction of maxillary canines and mandibular first premolars.
This is the case report of a patient whose healthy but malformed maxillary canines and normal mandibular first premolars were extracted in order to correct a Class II, Division 1, malocclusion. Maxillary premolars were substituted for the extracted canines.
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Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
D001641:Bicuspid / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003481:Cuspid / Q000601:surgery*; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible; D008437:Maxilla; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014081:Tooth Extraction