A CASE REPORT OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF BIMAXILLARY DENTAL PROGNATHISM

Sung,  Jae-Hyun

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 16(5); 1978 > Article

Journal of Korean Dental Association 1978;16(5):395-399.
Published online May 31, 1978.

양악치성전돌증의 교정치험예

성재현

경희대학교 치과대학 교정학교실

A CASE REPORT OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF BIMAXILLARY DENTAL PROGNATHISM

Jae-Hyun Sung

Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University

Abstract

The patient, 21 years and 3 months female, complained of protrusion of lower face. There was severe procumbency of upper & lower anterior teeth. Cephalometric analysis revealed that the anteroposterior jaw relationship was normal, but the teeth was foreward on their respective basal bones, so diagnosed as bimaxillary dental prognathism. The patient underwent extraction of four Ist premolar and was treated with multibanded & direct bonding system. After 14 months, She gained good interdigitation of buccal segment and attractive facial profile.