title: Non-extraction treatment of severe crowding with pendulum appliance.
abstract: An extraction case was planned for non-extraction treatment using pendulum appliance and the effect of appliance was evaluated in a 14-year-old girl with a severe maxillary and mandibular crowding followed by non-extraction fixed appliance preadjusted edgewise appliance mechanotherapy. Total treatment time was for 22 months. The obtuse nasolabial angle was maintained intact. Correction of crowding, co-ordinated arch forms was achieved with molar distalization. The impetus on soft-tissue paradigm is stressed in this case report and pendulum appliance can indeed boost our clinical acumen and swing our priorities toward non-extraction treatment.
authors: Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad, India.
authors: Chandrasekhar
authors: C
authors: Gandikota
authors: Yudhister Palla
authors: YP
authors: Venkata
authors: Padmalatha
authors: P
authors: Challa
authors: Shubhaker Rao
authors: SR
authors: Juvvadi
keywords: Molar distalizataion; PEA mechanotherapy; non-extraction; pendulum appliance; soft tissue paradigm
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