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Fixed appliance is required before, during and after surgery. # Upper Removable Appliance – limited role in contemporary treatment of increased overjets. Mostly used for very mild Class II, overjet due to incisor proclination, favourable overbite.
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A few treatment options for class II malocclusions include: # Functional appliance which maintains the mandible in a postured position to influence both the orofacial musculature and dentoalveolar development prior to fixed appliance therapy. This is ideally done through pubertal growth in pre- adolescent children and the fixed appliance during permanent dentition . Different types of removable appliances include Activator, Bionatar, Medium opening activator, Herbst, Frankel and twin block appliance with the twin block being the most widely used one. # Growth modification through headgear to redirect maxillary growth # Orthodontic camouflage so that jaw discrepancy no longer apparent # Orthonagthic surgery – sagittal split osteotomy mandibular advancement carried out when growth is complete where skeletal discrepancy is severe in anterior-posterior relationship or in vertical direction.
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It consists of sections attached to the upper and lower posterior teeth that are attached by a rigid arm pushing the mandible forwards. The fact that it is a fixed appliance eliminates the patient compliance issues that accompany the Twin- block appliance. O’Brien et al. (2003) found that treatment the Herbst appliance displayed a lower failure-to-complete treatment rate (12.9%) than Twin-block appliances (33.6%).O’BRIEN K. et al. (2003).
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There are many components to the fixed appliance which have a potential to break off if the patient chews on hard or crunchy food. Wearers should wear a mouth guard over the appliance if when playing contact sports. If one of the components is loose or comes off, the user must call the orthodontist right away. If the component is loose the dentist as an emergency treatment can cover the component with orthodontic relief wax.
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