Class III
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Posterior crossbite
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Anterior crossbite
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Deep bite
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Narrow arches
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Asymmetric arches
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Maxillary midline deviation
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Crowding

Elastics: Class III
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Other extraction
Courtesy of Dr G. Kim, 2019
Before picture of treatment

Treatment Summary

Patient Information

  • Age: 21
  • Gender: female
  • Invisalign Submission Option: Invisalign Full

Total Treatment Time

  • 24 months

Number of aligners

  • Maxillary: 39 + 30 = 69
  • Mandibulary: 39 + 30 = 69

Aligner Wear time

  • 1-week

Results achieved

  • Class I relationship achieved
  • Functional canine guidance on both sides
  • Anterior crossbite corrected
  • Posterior crossbite corrected
  • Normal overjet and overbite achieved
  • Deepbite improved
  • Significant improvement of overjet
  • Midlines coincident
  • Curve of Spee leveled
  • Alignment of both arches through derotation
  • Arch form improved
  • Aesthetic smile linewas achieved
  • All treatment goals were achieved case
  • Harmonic arches were achieved

Comments

  • Patient was asked to wear aligners and class 3 elastics full-time (20 hours per day)
  • In addition, extraction of 3rd molars was timed with the start of Invisalign treatment, to allow lower posterior distalization
  • This reduced the amount of upper incisor proclination and lower incisors retroclination that is typically required to treat a
  • full-cusp Class 3 malocclusion non-surgically.

Images

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Radiographs

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