Affiliation:
1. Terna Dental College & Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2. T
Abstract
Functional appliances, fixed or removable, are primarily orthopaedic tools used to influence the facial skeleton in a growing child. Class II malocclusion with a retrognathic mandible in a non -compliant post pubertal patient can be treated using the fixed functional appliances. One such appliance which is in common use in clinical practice today is the Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device. To treat a 13 year old female patient having a class II base, a retrognathic mandible, horizontal growth pattern, convex profile, an overjet of 7mm, mild proclination of maxillary and mandibular incisors, Class II molar and canine relationship bilaterally and a positive VTO.
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IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd
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