Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Jan 2016)

Correction of the transverse discrepancy-induced spontaneous mandibular protrusion in Class II Division 1 adolescent patients

  • Yu Yanfang,
  • Wu Mengjie,
  • Chen Xuepeng,
  • Li Wen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2020-122
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32, no. 2
pp. 148 – 154

Abstract

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A Class II malocclusion is the most frequent sagittal skeletal disharmony presenting for orthodontic treatment. A transverse interarch discrepancy (TID) may be considered as a possible functional cause of a Class II relationship.