Class III
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Edge to edge bite
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Narrow arches
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Midline shift

Expansion
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Elastics: Class III
Courtesy of Dr C. Wu, 2018
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Treatment Summary

Patient Information

  • Age: 14
  • Gender: male
  • Invisalign Submission Option: Invisalign Full

Total Treatment Time

  • 14 months

Number of aligners

  • Maxillary: 22 + 18 = 40
  • Mandibulary: 22 + 18 = 40

Aligner Wear time

  • 1-week

Results achieved

  • Class I relationship achieved
  • Deepbite improved
  • Overjet improved
  • Midlines coincident
  • Arch form improved

Comments

  • Bodily transversal expansion in upper arch to correct bilateral posterior crossbite and regain space for upper midline correction and correct crossbite on 1.2 & 2.2.
  • Avoided proclining of the upper central incisors forward and tried to keep them in the original angulation.
  • Mild IPR in upper and lower labial segment to gain space for alignment.
  • Use of class III elastic to perform lower molar distalization and lower incisors retraction for class III incisors correction

Images

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Progress

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