Moulding Faces at an Early Age-A Case Series.

J Clin Diagn Res

Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, Annoor Dental College, Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India .

Published: August 2016

Certain malocclusions have to be treated at an early age to avoid surgeries for the correction in the future. Introduction of functional appliances has reduced the elimination and correction of skeletal as well as dental discrepancies. Proper case selection taking into consideration skeletal and dental age with the use of various diagnostic aids helps us to identify and treat the malocclusions before it is too late. In this case series, we report three patients with skeletal jaw malrelationship treated with functional and orthopaedic appliances.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028583PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/21342.8240DOI Listing

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