Long-term skeletal and dentoalveolar effects of hybrid rapid maxillary expansion and facemask treatment in growing skeletal Class III patients: a retrospective follow-up study

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Prog Orthod. 2022 Sep 30;23(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s40510-022-00429-0. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Regardless of the treatment protocol, stability in Class III patients always represents a major concern. The aim of this study was to assess the short and long-term skeletal and dentoalveolar modifications in a group of class III patients treated with hybrid rapid maxillary expander (RME) and…

Combined use of F22 aligners and intermaxillary elastics in mild skeletal Class II: Two case reports

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J Orthod. 2022 Sep 12:14653125221122054. doi: 10.1177/14653125221122054. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The aim of these two case-reports is to illustrate and compare the therapeutic effects of Class II elastics in combination with F22 aligners in an adult and an adolescent patient, respectively. CASE PRESENTATION: Two patients with a mild skeletal Class II malocclusion,…

Aligner hybrid orthodontic approach to treat severe transverse divergence in an adolescent girl: A case report

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Int Orthod. 2022 Sep 9:100686. doi: 10.1016/j.ortho.2022.100686. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To resolve a complex Class II case with unilateral crossbite through an aesthetic approach, namely a hybrid orthodontic treatment combining aligners with miniscrews and auxiliaries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 14-year-old hypodivergent female patient with dental Class II and posterior crossbite presented for…