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- Title
En-masse distalisation and torque correction in an adult full-step Class-II case treated with a lingual straight-wire appliance.
- Authors
Albertini, Enrico; Albertini, Paolo; Colonna, Anna; Lombardo, Luca
- Abstract
This case report describes a complex full-step Class-II malocclusion with protrusion of maxillary i ncisors in an adult patient treated with lingual straight-wire appliance. The two-fold aim was to obtain an ideal occlusal relationship and improvement of smile aesthetics. This report illustrates that an appropriate treatment strategy, including anchorage control by en-masse distalisation and intermaxillary elastics, is needed to achieve the planned results, even with a completely invisible appliance. The placement of miniscrews on the palatal side provided more space for tooth distalisation, thus allowing the correction of a full-step Class-II relationship. An aesthetic buccal sectional was added in the last two months of treatment to correct the maxillary left first premolar, which exhibited a significanttorque discrepancy during en-masse retraction.
- Subjects
ADULTS; MALOCCLUSION; THERAPEUTICS; TORQUE; PALATE; BICUSPIDS; SMILING; PATIENTS; TEETH; ANCHORAGE
- Publication
Kieferorthopädie: die Zeitschrift für die Praxis, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 2, p151
- ISSN
0945-7917
- Publication type
Article