The Treatment of a Maxillary Retrognathia Case with Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) and Face Mask Appliance, and 1-Year Follow Up After Treatment (Case Report)

dc.contributor.authorKamak, Hasan
dc.contributor.authorErdem, Abdulvahit
dc.contributor.authorCatal, Gulhan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:55:22Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:55:22Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this case report, the treatment of an 10 years and 7 months old girl with skeletal Class III malocclusion charecterized with maxiller retrognathia using RME and face mask appliance and 1 year follow up. The screw turned 2 times a day until sutura opens and 1 times a day after opens and the use of the face mask was started after obtaining adequate expansion. The elastics with 1000 g force with 20 degrees-30 degrees to the occlusal plane were adjusted and the patient was told to use them for least 16-18 hours, Skeletal and dental Class III with anterior crossbite corrected and soft tissue anomalies were obtained from the successful changes afer treatment for 12 months. Although our patient is in pubertal period, and fixed orthodontic treatment is not applied after obtaining dental Class I occlusion in patient the amount of relapse is very low and after 1 year follow-up, the occlusion has been seen to be stable.
dc.identifier.doi10.13076/1300-3550-25-3-269
dc.identifier.endpage278
dc.identifier.issn2528-9659
dc.identifier.issn2148-9505
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage269
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.13076/1300-3550-25-3-269
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/25770
dc.identifier.volume25
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000439288900007
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherAves Press Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Orthodontics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectMaxiller retrognathia; RME; Face Mask; Skeletal Class III
dc.titleThe Treatment of a Maxillary Retrognathia Case with Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) and Face Mask Appliance, and 1-Year Follow Up After Treatment (Case Report)
dc.typeArticle

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