Treatment Summary
Patient Information
- Age: 15
- Gender: male
- Invisalign Submission Option: Invisalign Teen
Total Treatment Time
- 18 months
Number of aligners
- Maxillary: 45 + 17 = 62
- Mandibulary: 45 + 17 = 62
Aligner Wear time
- 1-week
Retention
- Maxillary: Other clear
- Mandibular: Other clear
Results achieved
- Class I relationship achieved
- Functional canine guidance on both sides
- Normal overjet and overbite achieved
- Deepbite improved
- Overjet improved
- Significant improvement of overbite
- Significant improvement of overjet
- Midlines coincident
- Proper axial inclination of incisors
- Curve of Spee leveled
- Arches aligned and coordinated
- Aesthetic smile line was achieved
- All treatment goals were achieved case
- Harmonic arches were achieved
Comments
- Patient is a skeletal Class II(ANB=5°) with mandibular retraction.
- The most important treatment was to expand the maxillary arch to promote the forward growth of the mandible.
- Three-dimensional adjustments of the upper and lower arches were important in the Class II malocclusion treatment.
- Horizontally, aligners to expand the upper and lower arches.
- Vertically, curve of Spee was leveled.
- Sagitally, the upper molars were distalized to retract the upper anterior teeth and decrease the anterior overjet.
- Light force(3/16,3.5oz) Class II elastics were used to guide the mandible forward.
- Normal overjet and overbite relationships were achieved.
- Normal anterior inclinations were achieved.