Comprehensive treatment commenced in the mixed dentition and completed in the permanent dentition: an "early treatment" malocclusion.
The management of a ten-year-old female with an Angle Class II division 1 malocclusion is followed for nearly ten years, through active treatment, until follow-up some years later. Note is made of: the duration of the overall active treatment period; the need for considerable patient cooperation; the fact that the lower incisors did not move forward on their underlying bone while still moving forward in relation to the APo line; and the fact that, in this instance, the third molars were chosen as appropriate teeth for extraction.
Woods
M
M
University of Melbourne, Australia. m.woods@dent.unimelb.edu.au
D002648:Child; D003190:Comprehensive Dental Care; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy*; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery; D009972:Orthodontics, Interceptive; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012690:Serial Extraction; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome