Conservative treatment of a young adult patient with a moderate skeletal Class III malocclusion by applying the temporary anchorage devices and the surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion

Panpan Liu; Hui Chen; Xiaoxin Shi; Jing Guo

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1245

Conservative treatment of a young adult patient with a moderate skeletal Class III malocclusion by applying the temporary anchorage devices and the surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Oct 30;5(12):2003-2011. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1245. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

Panpan Liu^{1

2

3}, Hui Chen^{4

5}, Xiaoxin Shi^{4

5}, Jing Guo^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Dentistry School & Hospital of Stomatology Shandong University Jinan China.
² Department of Orthodontics School & Hospital of Stomatology Shandong University Jinan China.
³ Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine of Shandong Jinan China.
⁴ Department of Oral Radiology Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) University of Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Oral Kinesiology Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam University of Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.

Abstract

We present the orthodontic treatment of a 20-year-old Chinese man with the moderate skeletal Class III malocclusion. The usages of the temporary anchorage devices and the surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) have provided a variety of options for the treatment of Class III malocclusion.

Keywords: Case report; Class III; micro‐implants; surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion.

Publication types

Case Reports