Affiliation:
1. Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Abstract
Treatment of Class II malocclusion with significant crowding might be achieved without extraction if an appropriate diagnosis is made. The current study presents the orthodontic treatment for a 12-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with end-on molar relation bilaterally on class I skeletal base with proclined upper anteriors and crowding in lower anteriors. Both in terms of appearance and occlusal function, the post-treatment results met the patients' expectations. This case report details the non-extraction treatment of a class II molar relation by distalization into a class I molar relation utilizing a modified pendulum appliance.
Publisher
IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd
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