Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.7, sa.1, ss.32-35, 2017 (ESCI)
This is a report of the camouflage treatment of a patient with skeletal Class II malocclusion and lower crowding for whom one mandibular incisor extraction was selected as the treatment of choice to improve the dental occlusion. The chief complaint of the 18-year-old male patient was crooked lower premolars. He had a convex profile with protrusive upper and retrusive lower lips. The upper dental midline was coincident with the facial midline, and lower dental midline was 3 mm to the right. The patient had Class I molar and Class II canine relationships on the left and Class II molar and canine relationships on the right. He had a Class II skeletal relationship because of mandibular retrognathy with normal upper and proclined lower incisors. The treatment plan included the extraction of the lower right lateral incisor for camouflage treatment. Class I molar and canine relationships as well as aligned and coordinated dental arches were achieved at the end of 20 months of active fixed treatment. Lower dental crowding was resolved. If carefully planned, mandibular incisor extraction can be an effective treatment option for camouflage treatment that produces functional and esthetic results with minimal orthodontic involvement.