Treatment of a Class II division 1 anterior open bite malocclusion.
A case report of an 11-year-old Caucasian female who presented with a Class II div I anterior open bite malocclusion. Overjet is 6 mm and the anterior open bite 2 mm. There was a history of digit sucking till she was eight years old. She was successfully treated by non-extraction with pre-adjusted Edgewise appliances and high-pull headgear for a period of 27 months.
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Department of Preventive Dentistry, National University Hospital, Singapore.
D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D005386:Fingersucking / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy*; D024343:Open Bite / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*