Class III
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Posterior crossbite
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Anterior crossbite
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Deep bite
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Mandibular midline deviation
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Midline shift
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Crowding
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Rotations

Distalization
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Leveling Curve of Spee
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Intrusion
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Elastics: Class III
Courtesy of Dr. W. Chi Chiu, 2020
Award 2021 Peer Review Award
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Treatment Summary

Patient Information

  • Age: 31
  • Gender: female
  • Invisalign Submission Option: Invisalign Full

Total Treatment Time

  • 15 months

Number of aligners

  • Maxillary: 58
  • Mandibulary: 58

Aligner Wear time

  • 1 week

Retention

  • Maxillary: Vivera retainer
  • Mandibular: Vivera retainer

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
  • 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
  • Arch form improved
  • Aesthetic smile line was achieved 
  • All treatment goals were achieved case
  • Harmonic arches were achieved

Comments

  • We used expansion on the uppers to resolve the crowding and improve the arch form
  • Sequential distalization was performed over LL to establish canine and molar Class I relationship
    We used segmental lower incisor intrusion with Class III elastics to establish a normal overjet and overbite relationship and correct the midline deviation

Images

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Progress

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Radiographs

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