Functional approach to a Class II patient with upper first molar impaction.

Indian J Dent Res

Department of Orthodontics, University of Florence, Via Ponte di Mezzo 46, Florence 50125, Italy.

Published: December 2016

The lack of the left first molar maxillary and the left second molar maxillary, caused respectively by impaction and agenesis is a very rare case, which determines an important occlusal imbalance and asymmetrical mandible movement. A gnatologic and functional orthodontic approach were planned to improve the retrognathic mandible and the muscular activity using kinesiograph and electromyography.

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