Volume 18, Number 4, December 2006
| | Mandibular Prognathism and Anterior Open Bite: Treatment by Orthodontic Molar Intrusion and Two-jaw Surgery |
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Hiromi Yoshitake,1 Eri Oki,2 Kazuhiro Ichikawa,2 Takatoshi Itoh,1 Takami Itoh,2 Toshirou Kondoh3
1Itoh Dental Hospital, 2Center for Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Orthopedics, and 3Department of Oral Surgery, Nihon University, School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Abstract
This article reports a case of non-surgical molar intrusion using the skeletal anchorage system as a presurgical adjunct to the correction of mandibular prognathism with severe anterior open bite. It is suggested that such treatment is feasible and may be chosen to diminish the surgical burden of the planned operation.
Key words: Mandibular diseases, Open bite, Oral surgical procedures, Prognathism
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006;18:296-302.
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