Splinted mandibular protraction appliance

Autor: Ashok Kumar Jena, Satinder Pal Singh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, Vol 6, Iss 5, Pp 129-133 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0976-237X
0976-2361
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.152971
Popis: Advancement of mandible rather than tooth movement is an ideal treatment for the correction of Class II malocclusion resulting from mandibular retrusion. In growing patients, forward repositioning of mandible by mandibular repositioning appliances is considered as a treatment of choice. Correction of mandibular retrusion by the conventional mandibular protraction appliances (MPAs) is mainly due to dento-alveolar changes and by altering the design of original MPAs, these limitations were minimized. The modified design enhanced the mandibular growth and contributed for the better skeletal correction of Class II malocclusion as compared to the conventional MPAs. This article highlights the design and fabrication of a splinted MPA for the correction of Class II malocclusion due to mandibular retrusion and also describes a patient managed by this appliance.
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