title: Multiloop edgewise archwire in the treatment of a patient with an anterior open bite and a long face.
abstract: An adolescent girl with an Angle Class III malocclusion, excessive lower facial height, and anterior open bite sought nonsurgical treatment. She was treated with a multiloop edgewise archwire (MEAW). In association with a chincup, MEAW mechanics allowed the successful correction of the anterior open bite and the molar relationship, without major alterations of the patient's profile. Combined orthodontic and surgical treatment should be considered for patients with skeletal anterior open-bite malocclusion. For patients who do not want surgery, however, MEAW treatment is an alternative that can have excellent results.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Dentistry Program in orthodontics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gerson Luiz Ulema
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Saulo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Regis
authors.forename: Tais de Morais Alves
authors.initials: Tde M
authors.lastname: da Cunha
authors.forename: Marcos Adriano
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sabatoski
authors.forename: Odilon
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Guariza-Filho
authors.forename: Orlando Motohiro
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002508:Cephalometry; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D024343:Open Bite / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013577:Syndrome; D014716:Vertical Dimension