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<p>The management of a ten-year-old female with an Angle Class II division I malocclusion is followed for nearly ten years, through active treatment, until follow-up same years later. Note is made of: the duration of the overall active treatment period; the need for considerable patient cooperation; the fact that the lower incisors did not move forward on their underlying bone while stili moving forward in relation to the APo line; and the fact that, in this instance, the third molars were chosen as appropriate teeth for extraction.</p>
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The management of a ten-year-old female with an Angle Class II division I malocclusion is followed for nearly ten years, through active treatment, until follow-up same years later. Note is made of: the duration of the overall active treatment period; the need for considerable patient cooperation; the fact that the lower incisors did not move forward on their underlying bone while stili moving forward in relation to the APo line; and the fact that, in this instance, the third molars were chosen as appropriate teeth for extraction.

Comprehensive treatment commenced in the mixed dentition and completed in the permanent dentition: an “early treatment” malocclusion

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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The management of a ten-year-old female with an Angle Class II division I malocclusion is followed for nearly ten years, through active treatment, until...

Comprehensive treatment commenced in the mixed dentition and completed in the permanent dentition: an “early treatment” malocclusion

Published Online: Jan 13, 2024

Page range: 251 - 259

Received: Jan 01, 1999

Accepted: Jan 01, 1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1999-0007

© 1999 Michael Woods, published by Sciendo

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