title: Nonextraction treatment of a Class II deepbite malocclusion with severe mandibular crowding: visualized treatment objectives for selecting treatment options.
abstract: A 14-year-old girl with Class II Division 2 malocclusion and a severe deepbite, retroclined incisors in both arches, and extreme crowding in the mandibular arch was treated by orthodontic residents, with supervision of the clinical faculty, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A visualized treatment objective (VTO) was developed for the patient and used to select the best treatment alternative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.forename: Tahani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Al-Musaallam
authors.forename: Chester S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Handelman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000503:physiopathology; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning