Teen case of the month
We would like to thank, Dr. Shih-Hsuan Chen, for submitting this open bite case with excellent treatment outcome for this teen patient.
Dr. Quote: "With thanks to the patient for the wonderful compliance. The Invisalign system is a great appliance to treat open bite and teen cases. It has been a pleasant journey. "
Dr. S. Shih-Hsuan Chen
Treatment Summary
Patient Information
- Age: 14
- Gender: female
- Invisalign Submission Option: Invisalign Full
Total Treatment Time
- 29 meses
Número de aligners
- Maxillary: 58 + 37 = 95
- Mandibulary: 54 + 37 = 91
Aligner Wear time
- 8 days
Retencion
- Maxillary: Fixed/Bonded
- Mandibular: Other clear
Results achieved
- Consecución de una relación de Clase I
- Guía canina funcional en ambos lados
- Normal overjet and overbite achieved
- Resalte mejorado
- Significant improvement ofoverbite
- Mejora significativa del resalte
- Coincidente con líneas medias
- Inclinación axial adecuada de los incisivos
- Curve of Spee leveled
- Arcadas alineadas y coordinadas
- Alineación de dos arcadas mediante desrotación
- Forma de la arcada mejorada
- Aesthetic smile linewas achieved
- Todos los objetivos del tratamiento alcanzados
- Se han conseguido arcadas armónicas
Comentarios
- The open bite was successfully closed by intruding the upper posteriors, followed by a vertical jump in the primary aligner stages
- Protrusive profile was improved by extracting the four first premolars.
- Dental crowding was resolved and ideal occlusion was established with proper control closing the spaces after the extraction
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