Long-term stability of an adult Class III open-bite malocclusion treated with multiloop edgewise archwire

• Main Authors: Chien-Chun Kuo (Author), Yi-Jane Chen (Author), Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai (Author), Chung-Chen Jane Yao (Author), Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This case report describes the treatment of a 17-year-old girl with an anterior open- bite and Class III malocclusion, who had a history of thumb-sucking habit in childhood. The multiloop edgewise archwire technique was used on the mandibular arch to facilitate uprighting of the mandibular posterior...