title: Treatment of Class III malocclusion in a young adult patient: a case report.
abstract: This article describes the treatment of a young adult male with a concave profile, skeletal class III malocclusion because of a prognathic mandible and proclined upper incisors. The therapy included stages: 1. Pre-surgical orthodontics involving leveling and aligning of upper and lower arches, protraction of lower molars and retraction of upper incisors; 2. Surgical phase involving BSSO with mandibular setback and 3. Post-surgical orthodontics for finishing and detailing. The treatment lasted 23 months and improved facial esthetics significantly The treatment resulted in a functional occlusion with a lack of lateral cuspid guidance that could be accepted considering the difficulty of the case. Over jet and overbite are within norms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, J.S.S. Dental College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: B H Jyothi
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Kiran
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravi
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Shivalinga
authors.lastname: Bhagyalaxmi
authors.lastname: Pradeep
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kudagi
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D059229:Osteotomy, Sagittal Split Ramus; D011378:Prognathism / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult