Correction of skeletal Class III in a growing male patient by reverse pull facemask
The following case report describes the management of a 6-year-old male patient in early mixed dentition with a mesial step molar relation, an anterior reverse overjet, and skeletal Class III due to a slightly deficient maxilla. The treatment plan included protraction of the maxilla by a reverse pul...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | The following case report describes the management of a 6-year-old male patient in early mixed dentition with a mesial step molar relation, an anterior reverse overjet, and skeletal Class III due to a slightly deficient maxilla. The treatment plan included protraction of the maxilla by a reverse pull Petit type facemask for 10 months followed by 15 months of active retention by a Frankel III appliance. |
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| Item Description: | 0970-4388 1998-3905 10.4103/0970-4388.85841 |