| DENTAL SCIENCE - CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 185-189 |
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Non-extraction treatment of severe crowding with pendulum appliance
Chandrasekhar Gandikota1, Yudhister Palla Venkata2, Padmalatha Challa2, Shubhaker Rao Juvvadi1
1 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad, India
2 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Mamtha Dental College and Hospital, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Shubhaker Rao Juvvadi
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.114323
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An extraction case was planned for non-extraction treatment using pendulum appliance and the effect of appliance was evaluated in a 14-year-old girl with a severe maxillary and mandibular crowding followed by non-extraction fixed appliance preadjusted edgewise appliance mechanotherapy. Total treatment time was for 22 months. The obtuse nasolabial angle was maintained intact. Correction of crowding, co-ordinated arch forms was achieved with molar distalization. The impetus on soft-tissue paradigm is stressed in this case report and pendulum appliance can indeed boost our clinical acumen and swing our priorities toward non-extraction treatment. |
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