Case Report
Year : 2018 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 4 | Page : 168-172
Treatment of Class II division 1 malocclusion using forsus fatigue-resistant device
S B V Ramana Reddy1, Venkata Naga Sravanthi Jonnalagadda2
1 Department of Orthodontist, Private Practitioner, Eswar Dental Clinic, Hyderabad, India, 2 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Private Practitioner, Eswar Dental Clinic, Hyderabad, India
Correspondence Address:
Venkata Naga Sravanthi Jonnalagadda
Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Telangana, India.
Abstract:
Functional orthopedic appliances are mostly used to treat Class II malocclusion originated from mandibular retrusion. Removable or fixed functional appliances are available to advance the mandible. Fixed appliances can be treated in tandem with multibarcket therapy, thus making it a single-phase treatment. The major disadvantage of fixed functional appliances is proclination of lower anterior teeth. To reduce this proclination, miniplates or miniimplants are being used; negative torque is added to the lower incisors. Despite these additions, the proclination could not be eliminated but minimized. This case report documents the successful treatment of skeletal Class II in late stages of puberty using forsus fatigue resistance appliance with soldered hooks placed distal to the lower canines.
Source of Support:
None
Conflict of Interest:
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DOI: 10.4103/ijor.ijor_19_18
How to cite this article: Reddy SB, Jonnalagadda VN. Treatment of Class II division 1 malocclusion using forsus fatigue‐resistant device. Int J Orthod Rehabil 2018;9:168-72.
