Treatment Summary
Patient Information
- Age: 8
- Gender: male
- Invisalign Submission Option: Invisalign First
Total Treatment Time
- 22 months
Number of aligners
- Maxillary: 24 + 26 = 50
- Mandibulary: 22 + 26 = 48
Retention
- Maxillary: Fixed/Blonded
- Mandibular: Fixed/Blonded
Results achieved
- Aesthetic smile line was achieved
- Alignment of both arches through derotation
- Arch expansion achieved
- Arch form improved
- Arches aligned and coordinated
- Class I relationship achieved
- Curve of Spee leveled
- Functional overjet and overbite
- Harmonic arches were achieved
- Midlines coincident
Comments
- Initial alignment and leveling of the dentition to prepare for additional aligners Mandibular Advancement.
- First stage arch expansion to obtain space and alignment of anterior teeth. It can enhance the confidence and compliance of patient and their families.
- Although the patient is only 8 years old, he can wear aligners conscientiously, and the treatment effect is twice the result with half the effort.
- Expanding the arch also lays a good foundation for matching the shape of the upper and lower dental arches after Mandibular Advancement.
- The leveling of the Spee curve and the removal of anterior occlusal interference are also indispensable factors for the success of Mandibular Advancement.
- The COVID-19 did not affect the patients to wear aligners conscientiously.
- The treatment ended in less than two years after only one-time additional aligners.
- The patient and family were very satisfied with the treatment results.
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