Year: 2021 | Month: June | Volume 8 | Issue 1

Correction of Class II Malocclusion in a Patient Using the FORSUS Fatigue Resistant Appliance – A Case Report

Taher Manasawala Vikram Shetty Sailesh Shenava Sushmita Batni
DOI:10.30954/IJDMS.1.2021.4

Abstract:

Functional appliances, fixed or removable, are primarily orthopedic tools used to influence the facial skeleton in a growing child. Class II malocclusion with a retrognathic mandible in a non -compliant post-pubertal patient can be treated using the fixed functional appliances. One such appliance which is in common use in clinical practice today is the FORSUS Fatigue Resistant Device (FFRD). To treat a 13-year-old female patient having a class II base, a retrognathic mandible, horizontal growth pattern, convex profile, an overjet of 7 mm, mild proclination of maxillary and mandibular incisors, Class II molar and canine relationship bilaterally, and a positive visualized treatment objective. Orthodontic department of a Dental college. FFRD. When used in the right case, the FFRD appliance can be comfortable and economical to both the patient and the clinician.



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