Orthodontic management by functional activator treatment: a case report

Abstract

Abstract Background Managing orthodontic treatment is often very difficult for the orthodontist. Many devices are used during the orthopedic phase of orthodontic treatment, always with different functions. We describe a case of orthodontic management treated with the Equilibrator O.S.A. device (equilibrator designed by Ovidi, Santi, and Aprile for Eptamed SRL; Cesena, Italy; www.eptamed.com ). Case presentation A healthy 10-year-old white boy presented with a skeletal class II, division 1 malocclusion, molar class II, exhibiting an overjet of 7 mm prior to treatment. For treatment, we only used the Equilibrator O.S.A. device. Conclusions We successfully treated an orthopedic/orthodontic case with a particular device that we describe here.

Keywords

• Overjet
• Malocclusion
• Teeth
• IOTN
• Activator