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<p>A 23-year-old female patient with moderate crowding and a bilateral molar scissor-bite was successfully treated without tooth extraction. Extra-alveolar skeletal anchorage, involving a three-dimensional key plate in the maxilla and two miniscrews in the buccal shelf of the mandible, were used for distalisation, buccolingual uprighting, and the intrusion of molars by fixed orthodontic appliances. Cone-beam computed tomography was used to identify available posterior space for the distalisation and buccolingual correction of the molars in scissor-bite. The total treatment time was 24 months. Post-treatment results showed good occlusal relationships and smile aesthetics. Twelve-month post-treatment records demonstrated no significant relapse and a favourable facial balance.</p>
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A 23-year-old female patient with moderate crowding and a bilateral molar scissor-bite was successfully treated without tooth extraction. Extra-alveolar skeletal anchorage, involving a three-dimensional key plate in the maxilla and two miniscrews in the buccal shelf of the mandible, were used for distalisation, buccolingual uprighting, and the intrusion of molars by fixed orthodontic appliances. Cone-beam computed tomography was used to identify available posterior space for the distalisation and buccolingual correction of the molars in scissor-bite. The total treatment time was 24 months. Post-treatment results showed good occlusal relationships and smile aesthetics. Twelve-month post-treatment records demonstrated no significant relapse and a favourable facial balance.

Non-extraction camouflage treatment using extra-alveolar skeletal anchorage

Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry

Orthodontic Program, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health

International Scholar, Graduate School of Dentistry

Visiting Scholar, Postgraduate Orthodontic Program, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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A 23-year-old female patient with moderate crowding and a bilateral molar scissor-bite was successfully treated without tooth extraction. Extra-alveolar...

Non-extraction camouflage treatment using extra-alveolar skeletal anchorage

Published Online: Jan 27, 2022

Page range: 63 - 73

Received: Nov 01, 2021

Accepted: Jan 01, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2022.007

© 2022 Young-Jun Lee et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.