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Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 255-258 |
Early treatment of Class III malocclusion by RME and modified Tandem appliance
Juhi Ansar1, Sandhya Maheshwari2, Sanjeev Kumar Verma2, Raj Kumar Singh3
1 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Institute of Dental Sciences Bareilly, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India 2 Department of Orthodontics and Dental Anatomy, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 3 Department of Orthodontics and Dental Anatomy, Suda Rastogi Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Juhi Ansar Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Institute of Dental Sciences Bareilly, Bareilly - 243 006, Uttar Pradesh India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.160405
Patients with a skeletal Class III malocclusion and maxillary deficiency can be treated successfully using a combined protraction facemask and alternate rapid maxillary expansions and contractions (Alt-RAMEC). However, due to poor patient compliance during facemask therapy there has been growing interest in intraoral appliances for correcting Class III malocclusion. The tandem traction bow appliance (TTBA) is an intraoral appliance which has been used successfully for the treatment of growing Class III patients. This case report describes the management of a 10-year-old boy with a Class III malocclusion and maxillary deficiency treated with modified TTBA appliance.
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