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Comprehensive treatment commenced in the mixed dentition and completed in the permanent dentition: an "early
1University of Melbourne, Australia. m.woods@dent.unimelb.edu.au
Abstract:
The management of a ten-year-old female with an Angle Class II division 1 malocclusion is followed for nearly ten years, through active treatment, until follow-up some years later. Note is made of: the duration of the overall active treatment period; the need for considerable patient cooperation; the fact that the lower incisors did not move forward on their underlying bone while still moving forward in relation to the APo line; and the fact that, in this instance, the third molars were chosen as appropriate teeth for extraction.
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