Pseudo-Class III malocclusion treatment with Balters' Bionator.
The aim of this article is to show the use of the Balters' Bionator in pseudo-Class III treatment. The importance of differentiating between true Class III and pseudo-Class III is emphasized. The therapeutic results of a Balters' Bionator appliance are presented in three case reports of subjects in the mixed dentition. In this stage of development it is possible to correct an isolated problem. The use of the Bionator III in this kind of malocclusion enabled the correction of a dental malocclusion in a few months and therapeutic stability of a mesially-positioned mandible encouraging favourable skeletal growth.
Giancotti
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University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. giancott@uniroma2.it
Maselli
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Mampieri
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Spanò
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D000202:Activator Appliances; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000628:therapy*; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation*