Case Report

Year : 2022 | Volume : 13 | Issue : 4 | Page : 25-38

ENHANCING SMILE ESTHETICS IN A PATIENT WITH VERTICAL MAXILLARY EXCESS BY TOTAL MAXILLARY ARCH INTRUSION USING TEMPORARY SKELETAL ANCHORAGE SYSTEM

Manoj R Sekar1 , Ratna Parameswaran2 , Balaji Rajkumar3 , Srinivasan Boovaraghavan4 , Devaki Vijayalakshmi5 .

1Post Graduate, 2&4 Professor, 3 Assistant Professor, 5 Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics, Meenakshi Ammal dental college and hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Address for Correspondence

Manoj R Sekar

Post-graduate, Department of Orthodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai

Abstract

Smile esthetics is a prime concern in contemporary orthodontic therapy. This case report is about a growing female patient with the inability to close the lips, vertical maxillary excess and hyperdivergent class II skeletal pattern. To enhance skeletal therapy benefits , differential intrusion of segments in the upper arch was required. Bilateral Bollard type miniplates were inserted on the infrazygomatic crest . The technique employed helped this patient avoid orthognathic surgery by allowing a complete upper arch intrusion, treating lip incompetence and causing counterclockwise movement of the mandible.

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How to cite this article : Sekar, M. R., Parameswaran, R., Rajkumar, D., Boovaraghavan, D. S., & Vijayalakshmi, D. D. . (2022). ENHANCING SMILE ESTHETICS IN A PATIENT WITH VERTICAL MAXILLARY EXCESS BY TOTAL MAXILLARY ARCH INTRUSION USING TEMPORARY SKELETAL ANCHORAGE SYSTEM: TSAD-assisted VME correction- A Case Report. International Journal of Orthodontic Rehabilitation, 13(4), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjorthodrehabil.v13i4.614