title: Occlusal rehabilitation of pseudo-class III patient.
abstract: To treat a patient with anterior crossbite, the clinician should first assess if it is a genuine class III or a pseudo-class III malocclusion. Cephalometric analysis is important; however, registering a patient's centric relation (CR) is simple, quick, and costless and can play a decisive role in a differential diagnosis for this type of patient profile. This clinical report depicts a patient clinically diagnosed as class III. After mandible manipulation in CR, it was noted that the patient in question was a pseudo-class III. The treatment was based on the pseudo-class III diagnosis. Therefore, the patient was rehabilitated by occlusal adjustments and conventional and implant-supported prostheses and without the need for invasive orthognathic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Chairman, Department of Prosthodontics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Cimara Fortes
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oderich
authors.forename: Moira Leão
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pedroso
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wicks
mesh_terms: D016302:Centric Relation; D002508:Cephalometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008334:Mandible / Q000503:physiopathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Occlusal adjustment; dental implant rehabilitation; pseudo-class III