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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 29
| Issue : 3 | Page : 273-277 |
Correction of skeletal Class III in a growing male patient by reverse pull facemask
P Kapoor1, OP Kharbanda2
1 Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
2 Division of Orthodontics, Center for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
P Kapoor
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.85841
The following case report describes the management of a 6-year-old male patient in early mixed dentition with a mesial step molar relation, an anterior reverse overjet, and skeletal Class III due to a slightly deficient maxilla. The treatment plan included protraction of the maxilla by a reverse pull Petit type facemask for 10 months followed by 15 months of active retention by a Frankel III appliance.
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