<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Aim</h3><p>To demonstrate the use of the Invisalign appliance in lower incisor extraction cases.</p></sec><sec><h3>Method</h3><p>Twelve patients, consecutively treated by the removal of a single lower incisor and Invisalign appliances, were selected from the author’s private practice. Pretreatment, treatment and post-treatment photographic records were obtained and are presented.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>All cases completed treatment, with a mean treatment time of 42 weeks. Fifty percent of the cases required a brief period of refinement (average six weeks) at the end of the initial projected treatment period.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The Invisalign appliance, in correctly diagnosed cases, with careful ‘ClinCheck’ set-ups and good clinical monitoring, can routinely produce satisfactory outcomes in patients who require the removal of a lower incisor.</p></sec></abstract>

AimTo demonstrate the use of the Invisalign appliance in lower incisor extraction cases.MethodTwelve patients, consecutively treated by the removal of a single lower incisor and Invisalign appliances, were selected from the author’s private practice. Pretreatment, treatment and post-treatment photographic records were obtained and are presented.ResultsAll cases completed treatment, with a mean treatment time of 42 weeks. Fifty percent of the cases required a brief period of refinement (average six weeks) at the end of the initial projected treatment period.ConclusionThe Invisalign appliance, in correctly diagnosed cases, with careful ‘ClinCheck’ set-ups and good clinical monitoring, can routinely produce satisfactory outcomes in patients who require the removal of a lower incisor.

Invisalign treatment of lower incisor extraction cases

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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AimTo demonstrate the use of the Invisalign appliance in lower incisor extraction cases.MethodTwelve patients, consecutively treated by the removal of a single...

Invisalign treatment of lower incisor extraction cases

Published Online: Jul 30, 2021

Page range: 82 - 87

Received: Sep 01, 2015

Accepted: Apr 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2020-116

© 2016 Tony Weir et al., published by Sciendo

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