Case Report
Keywords:
Vertical maxillary excess, miniplates, intrusion, temporary skeletal anchorage, smile esthetics
Year : 2022 | Volume : 13 | Issue : 4 | Page : 25-38
ENHANCING SMILE ESTHETICS IN A PATIENT WITH VERTICAL MAXILLARY EXCESS BY TOTAL MAXILLARY ARCH INTRUSION USING TEMPORARY SKELETAL ANCHORAGE SYSTEM
Manoj R Sekar1 , Ratna Parameswaran2 , Balaji Rajkumar3 , Srinivasan Boovaraghavan4 , Devaki Vijayalakshmi5 .
1Post Graduate, 2&4 Professor, 3 Assistant Professor, 5 Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics, Meenakshi Ammal dental college and hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Address for Correspondence
Manoj R Sekar
Post-graduate, Department of Orthodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai
Abstract
Smile esthetics is a prime concern in contemporary orthodontic therapy. This case report is about a growing female patient with the inability to close the lips, vertical maxillary excess and hyperdivergent class II skeletal pattern. To enhance skeletal therapy benefits , differential intrusion of segments in the upper arch was required. Bilateral Bollard type miniplates were inserted on the infrazygomatic crest . The technique employed helped this patient avoid orthognathic surgery by allowing a complete upper arch intrusion, treating lip incompetence and causing counterclockwise movement of the mandible.
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How to cite this article : Sekar, M. R., Parameswaran, R., Rajkumar, D., Boovaraghavan, D. S., & Vijayalakshmi, D. D. . (2022). ENHANCING SMILE ESTHETICS IN A PATIENT WITH VERTICAL MAXILLARY EXCESS BY TOTAL MAXILLARY ARCH INTRUSION USING TEMPORARY SKELETAL ANCHORAGE SYSTEM: TSAD-assisted VME correction- A Case Report. International Journal of Orthodontic Rehabilitation, 13(4), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjorthodrehabil.v13i4.614