Non-surgical treatment of skeletal class III malocclusion.
The incidence of skeletal class III malocclusion has a mean of 3% in the Caucasian population, 5% in African-American adolescents and about 14% in the Asian population. In India, the incidence of class III malocclusion is reported to be 3.4%. A patient having class III malocclusion shows findings ranging from edge-to-edge bite to large reverse overjet, with extreme variations of underlying skeletal jaw bases and craniofacial form. This is a case report of a 20-year-old man having skeletal class III malocclusion with concave profile, anterior crossbite and a negative overjet of 3 mm treated non-surgically with extraction of only one lower left first premolar.
Department of Orthodontics, K M Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Romina M
RM
Kapadia
Adit P
AP
Shah
Shamil D
SD
Diyora
Vandana J
VJ
Rathva
D001641:Bicuspid / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D019558:Occlusal Adjustment / Q000379:methods; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult