A CASE REPORT OF ANTERIOR OPEN-BITE

Jang,  Sang-Heon; Lee,  Mi-Dae; Nam,  Dong-Seok; Yang,  Won-Sik; Jo,  Hui-Won

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 13(9); 1975 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1975;13(9):823-828.
Published online September 30, 1975.

전치부 Open-bite의 치험일례

장상헌¹, 이미대², 남동석³, 양원식⁴, 조희원⁵

^¹서울대학교 치과대학
^²서울대학교 치과대학
^³서울대학교 치과대학
^⁴서울대학교 치과대학
^⁵서울대학교 치과대학

A CASE REPORT OF ANTERIOR OPEN-BITE

Sang-Heon Jang¹, Mi-Dae Lee², Dong-Seok Nam³, Won-Sik Yang⁴, Hui-Won Jo⁵

Abstract

We have effectually treated 22 years girl who had complained of an aterior open-bite. Treatment was based on non-extracted and multibanded technigue at the use of horizontal loop with 0.016 inch green Elgiloy wire. Anteior cross elastics, C1Ⅲ intermaxillary elastics, occasicnally C1.Ⅱ elastics were used. when vertical discrepancy was corrected, we changed the arch wire making use of 0.018 ×0.022 inch rectangular wire with 1st. and 2nd. order bend. After 12mons. the ideal arch wire with tie back loop was placed for stabilizing arch. Nearly after 20 months bands were removed and placed retainer.