title: Orthodontic Treatment of Skeletal Class II Adolescent with Anterior Open Bite using Mini-Screws and Modified Palatal Anchorage Plate.
abstract: This article presents a non-extraction orthodontic treatment case using mini-screws and a modified palatal anchorage plate (MPAP) to intrude the maxillary posterior teeth, and distalize the whole arch dentition and control the extrusion of the maxillary posterior dentition during distalization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Kook
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Orthodontic Program, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ, USA Graduate School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Department of Postgraduate Studies, Universidad Autonóma del Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bayome
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy*; D008904:Miniaturization; D024343:Open Bite / Q000628:therapy*; D052280:Orthodontic Anchorage Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
keywords: Anterior Open Bite; Malocclusion; Modified Palatal Anchorage Plate (MPAP); Skeletal Class II; mini-screws