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Correction of severe open bite using miniscrew anchorage.

Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
Australian Dental Journal (impact factor: 1.19). 12/2009; 54(4):374-80. DOI:10.1111/j.1834-7819.2009.01166.x
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ABSTRACT This report describes the treatment of a case of severe open bite with posterior crossbite. While treating open bite, the outcome may not always be successful with orthodontic therapy alone. In such cases, surgical therapy is often chosen to gain a stable occlusion. Skeletal anchorage systems such as miniscrews are now frequently used for correcting severe malocclusion. In this report, we treated an open bite by intruding the molars with miniscrews placed bilaterally in the interdental space between both the upper and lower posterior teeth. The active treatment period was 36 months and the patient's teeth continued to be stable after a retention period of 36 months.

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Keywords

active treatment period
 
cases
 
correcting severe malocclusion
 
interdental space
 
lower posterior teeth
 
miniscrews
 
patient's teeth
 
posterior crossbite
 
retention period
 
stable
 
stable occlusion
 
upper
 

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