Use of different expansion method in the same patient for maxillary and mandibular expansion – A case report Sharda Jagat, Professor & H.O.D., Sharma Gaurav, Asst. Professor, Pandya Chirag, Asst. Professor, Vekaria Ashish, Post Graduate Student, Bali Rajiv, Professor & H.O.D Address for Correspondence: Dr. Jagat Sharda, Professor and H.O.D., Dept. of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Pacific Dental College & Hospital, Udaipur. E-mail: shardajag@gmail.com, ashimabali2@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 25 November, 2013. Abstract Constricted arch shows difficulty in orthodontic treatment owing to their asymmetric shape and occlusal relationship. The management of constricted arches mainly comprises of expansion of the dental arches. There are many appliances available which bring about skeletal and dental expansion for arches. This case report, management of narrow maxillary and mandibular arch in 13 years old patient with two different types of expansion method. For the correction of maxillary arch HYRAX was used and for mandible correction Transverse Transforce was used. At the end of the treatment the expansion achieved in maxillary arch was about 6 mm with HYRAX in a month and about 5 mm in the mandibular arch in 4 months. Both appliances are capable of expansion but of different nature. Top Keywords HYRAX, Transverse Transforce. Top |
|
Access denied
Your current subscription does not entitle you to view this content or Abstract is unavailable, the access to full-text of this Article/Journal has been denied. For Information regarding subscription please click here.
For a comprehensive list of other publications available on IJour.net please click here
or, You can subscribe other items from IJour.net (Click here to see other items list.)
Top