title: Orthodontic treatment in an elderly patient with extraction of upper premolar.
abstract: In the past few years, life expectancy of the world's population has gradually increased and as a result the number of elderly patients seeking orthodontic treatment is becoming higher. The objective of this work is to report a clinical case of orthodontic treatment of an elderly patient in which a dental extraction was performed to correct the relationship between upper and lower arches. The results favoured an improved dental arch relationship and promoted adequate aesthetics and function.
authors.affiliation: Southwest Bahia University UESB, Bahia, Brazil. matheuspithon@gmail.com
authors.forename: Matheus Melo
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pithon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000601:surgery*; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy*; D008437:Maxilla; D019516:Orthodontic Space Closure / Q000379:methods; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D057887:Overbite / Q000628:therapy*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods