Hi, everyone… Today we begin our journey in the world of SMILES! We have something amazing in us all…something that is the most wonderful of the GOD’s creation…that is our TEETH !! Teeth are the only part of the body which are naturally replaced i.e. after one set of teeth exfoliates another one is already ready for an eruption in…
We all celebrate the birthdays of our children with great pomp and joy. Sometimes we spend a fortune selecting expensive gifts for them, but the real question is what gift do we give them on their actual ‘birth-day’? Oh yes, we have never really wondered about it! Well, how about gifting them something which would last them for a lifetime…
We plan for months together for that one moment in our lives called ‘marriage’. We just want everything to be perfect on that day; our dress, the jewelry, the venue, the theme, the décor, the ambiance, the fragrance, the footwear, the cuisine, the seating arrangement, the flower arrangement, and innumerable other minute things. We just want to fine-tune everything to…
Indian Board of Orthodontics Case Report: Management of a Skeletal Cl II Malocclusion Using Two-phase Treatment with a Standard Twin Block Appliance Hrushikesh Aphale Abstract NK, a 12-year-old male patient, presented with a Class II division 1 incisor relation on Class II skeletal base with a decreased maxillomandibular plane angle and decreased the face-height ratio. He had a convex profile,…
24 year old female Incompetent lips Cl I bimaxillary protrusion Treatment plan: All four first premolar extraction, alignment & retraction of anteriors.
18 year old girl Crossbite of 12 wrt 42, 43 Highly placed 13, anterior proclination. Distal end on molar relation Treatment Plan: Extraction of all first premolars and alignment and retraction of anteriors and correction of molar relation.
19 year old girl Closed bite, retroclination of upper anteriors Severe crowding of upper and lower anteriors Deep curve of Spee. Treatment Plan: Intrusion of anteriors and opening of the bite. Proclination of incisors to relieve crowding.
27 year old boy Skeletal open bite with upper and lower anterior crowding Premolar to premolar open bite Tongue thrusting seen Treatment Plan: Leveling and alignment of the upper and lower anterior. The intrusion of molars by use of posterior bite blocks. Extrusion of interiors by open bite elastics.
14 year old girl Bimaxillary protrusion Congenitally missing lower incisor Crowding in upper and lower anterior region Treatment Plan: Extraction of the upper first and lower second premolars and alignment and retraction of the anterior. Treatment duration of 11 months. Self-ligating brackets used. 3M brackets Smart-Clip used
12 year old male Retrognathic mandible, normal maxilla Convex profile Incompetent lips Cl II molar relation Increased overjet & overbite. Treatment Plan: Growth modulation therapy for mandibular advancement with a twin block appliance.