Baba Farid University Dental Journal
Year : 2014, Volume : 5, Issue : 2
First page : ( 108) Last page : ( 110)
Print ISSN : 0976-8181. Online ISSN : 2230-7273.

Class II Correction: Non Extraction Approach

Kalra Hiten^1,*

¹Reader, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Sciences, Greater Noida

*Address for Correspondence: Dr. Hiten Kalra, Reader, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Sciences, Greater Noida, E-mail: drhitenkalra@gmail.com

Online published on 18 May, 2016.

Abstract

Patients with Class II malocclusion are one the most commonly treated cases in a routine orthodontic practice. Class II cases are further divided into Class II Div I and Class II Div II patients. Class II Div I patients having increased over jet can be rarely treated without extractions on the other hand careful planning and timely approach can convert even a severe case of Class II Div II malocclusion into a non extraction one. This case report presents a successful non extraction management of a 15 year old girl with Class II Div II malocclusion using fixed appliance therapy.

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Keywords

Class II Div II malocclusion, Non extraction treatment, Deep bite, True intrusion.

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