1. Immediate changes in the mandibular dentition after maxillary molar distalization using headgear
- Author
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Kyung Min Lee, Hyun-Hee Kim, Hyeon-Shik Hwang, and Sung-Ja Kang
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Orthodontics ,Molar ,Molar distalization ,business.industry ,Brief Report ,Mandible ,Dentistry ,Molar relationship ,Mean age ,030206 dentistry ,Reader’s Forum ,stomatognathic diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,stomatognathic system ,Mandibular dentition ,Cone-beam computed tomography-generated half cephalograms ,Medicine ,Maxillary molar ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate immediate changes in the mandibular dentition after maxillary molar distalization using headgear in non-growing patients. Sixteen patients (mean age, 18.9 ± 2.0 years) with Class II molar relationship and crowding were included in the present study. To correct the molar relationship, headgear was used for maxillary molar distalization. Cone-beam computed tomography-generated half-cephalograms (CG Cephs) and dental casts were used to evaluate dental changes for each subject before and immediately after molar distalization using headgear. The mean duration that subjects wore the headgear was 6.3 months. CG Cephs showed that the first maxillary molars were distalized 4.2 ± 1.6 mm with 9.7° ± 6.1° of distal angulation. The intercanine, interpremolar, and intermolar widths of the mandible increased after maxillary molar distalization. The present study's results suggest that maxillary molar distalization using headgear induces a spontaneous response in the untreated mandibular dentition of non-growing patients.
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- 2017