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INTRODUCTION: This article demonstrates the description and use of a new appliance for Class II correction. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A case report of a 10-year 5 month-old girl who presented with a skeletally-based Class II division 1 malocclusion (ANB = 6.5°) on a slightly low-angle pattern, with ML-NSL angle of 30° and ML-NL angle of 22.5°. Overjet was increased (7 mm) and associated with a deep bite. RESULTS: Overjet and overbite reduction was undertaken with the new appliance, Fixed Lingual Mandibular Growth Modificator (FLMGM). CONCLUSIONS: FLMGM may be effective in stimulating the growth of the mandible and correcting skeletal Class II malocclusions. Clinicians can benefit from the unique clinical advantages that FLMGM provides, such as easy handling and full integration with bracketed appliance at any phase.
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Malocclusion, Angle Class II/therapy , Mandible/growth & development , Mandibular Advancement/instrumentation , Orthodontic Appliance Design/methods , Orthodontic Appliances, Functional , Child , Female , HumansABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: This article demonstrates the description and use of a new appliance for Class II correction. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A case report of a 10-year 5 month-old girl who presented with a skeletally-based Class II division 1 malocclusion (ANB = 6.5º) on a slightly low-angle pattern, with ML-NSL angle of 30º and ML-NL angle of 22.5º. Overjet was increased (7 mm) and associated with a deep bite. RESULTS: Overjet and overbite reduction was undertaken with the new appliance, Fixed Lingual Mandibular Growth Modificator (FLMGM). CONCLUSION: FLMGM may be effective in stimulating the growth of the mandible and correcting skeletal Class II malocclusions. Clinicians can benefit from the unique clinical advantages that FLMGM provides, such as easy handling and full integration with bracketed appliance at any phase.
INTRODUÇÃO: esse artigo apresenta, por meio de um relato de caso, a descrição e o uso de um novo aparelho (o Aparelho Lingual Fixo para Alteração do Crescimento Mandibular, ou Fixed Lingual Mandibular Growth Modificator, o FLMGM) para correção de má oclusão de Classe II. sendo a paciente do sexo feminino, de 10 anos e 5 meses de idade, com má oclusão esquelética de Classe II, divisão 1, (ANB = 6,5º), com ângulos levemente baixos: ângulo SN.GoGn de 30º e ângulo PP.GoGn de 22,5º. A paciente apresentava sobressaliência aumentada (7mm) associada a mordida profunda. RESULTADOS: a sobressaliência e a sobremordida foram reduzidas com o novo aparelho descrito. CONCLUSÃO: o FLMGM pode ser efetivo na estimulação do crescimento da mandíbula e na correção da má oclusão esquelética de Classe II. O dentista clínico pode beneficiar-se das vantagens clínicas exclusivas do FLMGM, tais como a facilidade de manejo e a total integração com aparelhos com braquetes em qualquer fase do tratamento.
