The esthetic impact of orthodontics: planning treatment to meet patients' needs.

Successful orthodontic therapy in the growing patient involves the coordination of mechanotherapy, growth modification techniques, knowledge of hard and soft tissue growth patterns and patient motivational techniques. These cases represent differing types of Class II malocclusions in which the causes and treatment solutions were quite varied. The differing esthetic needs used treatment plans designed after a careful, problem-oriented assessment of the patient's needs.