Korean J Orthod.  1977 Dec;7(1):23-29.

A case report of orthodontic treatment for adult patient with upper prognathism

Abstract

A 23 year-old female with skeleto-dentoalveolar protrusion of maxilla, minor broken contact points between anterior teeth, and missing of lower 1st molars, has been treated with multibanded edgewise technique. After treatment of 14 months, she has gained functional overbite-overjet relationship and facial harmony due to the retraction of upper anterior teeth. Root resorption was slight. Especially, us ing the space of missed lower 1st molars instead of extracting lower premolars, expected and favorable results were obtained.


MeSH Terms

Adult*
Bicuspid
Female
Humans
Maxilla
Molar
Prognathism*
Root Resorption
Tooth
Young Adult
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