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Year : 2014 | Volume
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Interception of a developing Class III malocclusion with facemask therapy
Prathapan Parayaruthottam1, Vincy Antony2, PG Francis2, KM Muhamed Shaloob2, K Jubin Hassan2
1 Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Kozhikode, India 2 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, MES Dental College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Prathapan Parayaruthottam Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Kozhikode, Kerala India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/2321-3825.125925
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Developing skeletal Class III malocclusion is one of the most challenging problems for the practicing orthodontists. Whether to start early treatment or wait for growth to be over is an ongoing debate. Interception of mild to moderate cases should be carried out as early as possible before it becomes severe. The protraction facemask has been widely used in the interception of developing Class III malocclusion with maxillary deficiencies. We present a patient with a developing skeletal Class III malocclusion with maxillary deficiency for whom a protraction facemask was given and there was successful interception of the skeletal malocclusion. |
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