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Relapsed Open Bite After Jaw Surgery Successfully Retreated with Invisalign
35-year-old female with prior double-jaw surgery and subsequent condylar resorption presents with a recurrent Class II open bite.
Case reports
Clinical case reports
Presentation, records, mechanics, progression, and outcome for each case, written for orthodontists and referring doctors. Patient-facing versions live on bellasmile.com.
Severe Skeletal Class III Correction with Invisalign and Two-Jaw Surgery
28-year-old female with severe skeletal Class III, underbite, open bite, posterior crossbites, and prognathic mandible
Phase I Treatment of Severe Crowding, Narrow Palate, and Posterior Crossbite
Seven-year-old female with a thumb-sucking habit, skeletal Class II, 8 mm overjet, right posterior crossbite, constricted palate, and severe crowding.
Closing a Class III Open Bite Without Surgery
24-year-old female with Class III malocclusion, anterior open bite, 1 mm overjet, mild-to-moderate maxillary and mandibular crowding, maxillary lateral incisors in crossbite, and tongue thrust. Dental midlines are coincident. Tooth #8 has a history of trauma and is restored with a discolored crown; #30 is root-canal treated.
Saving an Impacted Canine with Autotransplantation
The patient first presented at age 11 with a severe overbite and delayed eruption of her permanent canines. Her mother was hesitant about dental X-rays, so imaging had been deferred. When radiographs were ultimately obtained, tooth #27 was severely impacted horizontally near the apices of #25 and #26. With delayed detection, the canine became increasingly displaced and difficult to manage orthodontically, requiring a more complex surgical approach.
General Dentist doing Braces, Teeth sticking out! Help!
29-year old is getting braces by her a general dentist and her top teeth are now flaring and her front teeth don't touch and it looks worse.
Teen Class III Crossbite Correction with MARPE
16 year Male Class III malocclusion with concave profile, bilateral posterior crossbite, anterior open bite, edge-to-edge overjet, mild upper and lower crowding, and a 2 mm left mandibular midline shift.
Severe Deep Bite + Impacted Canine Corrected Without Extractions
Class II malocclusion with severe impinging deep bite, skeletal deep bite facial pattern, hypodivergent, 6 mm overjet, proclined incisors, convex profile, crowding, and unerupted upper left canine.
Missing Lateral Incisors- Fixed Retainer with Pontic
13-year old boy is missing both upper lateral incisors
Surgical Class II Correction with Invisalign
23-year-old female presented with a convex profile, bilateral Class II molar and canine relationships, 7 mm overjet, mild maxillary crowding, moderate mandibular crowding, and proclined maxillary incisors. She also demonstrated a hyperdivergent skeletal pattern, retrusive chin, and slightly small-appearing condyles. She reported recent bilateral TMJ soreness without clicking or popping.
Impacted Canines brought in without braces
13-year old has both primary canines retained and both upper canines are impacted
Class III underbite with 2 impacted canines
12-year old girl presents with an underbite and both upper canines severely impacted
Spacing, Protrusion, Deep Bite and Full cusp Class II
12-year old Female presents maxillary spacing, protrusion, severe overjet, and a deep bite.
Gummy Smile and 100% Deep Bite and Full Cusp Class II
12-year old female presents full cusp Class II with a gummy smile.
Thumb Sucking Open Bite & Narrow Palate Correction with a Palatal Expander and Braces
This 7-year-old patient presented with a severe 6 mm anterior open bite, a persistent left thumb-sucking habit, and a narrow, constricted palate. Additional findings included a tongue-thrust swallowing pattern, abnormal anterior tongue posture, and a missing lower incisor. The combination of the thumb-sucking habit, tongue thrust, and transverse maxillary constriction was contributing to the developing open bite and abnormal eruption pattern.
Invisalign Palatal Expander for Severe Crowding in a 6-Year-Old | Phase I Orthodontic Treatment
This 6-year-old patient presented with severe crowding in the lower arch and moderate crowding in the upper arch, with insufficient space for the developing permanent teeth and blocked-out upper lateral incisors.
11mm Overjet Corrected with Invisalign — No Headgear, No Herbst
6-year old with a an 1mm overjet and history of trauma wants to fix her bite and does not want braces and is dental phobic
This is the Bite that is most effective when treated at 7-8 years of age- Class III Underbites
7-Year old Asian Female presents with a posterior and anterior crossbite.
Class III Underbite Treat now or do Surgery?
A teenage boy with a mandibular asymmetry had a growth spurt and grew Class III
Severe deepbite with some TMJ pain
38-Year-Old Male Clenches Severely, Developing TMJ Soreness and Exostoses on Maxilla
Severe Overjet- Extraction recommended by all- Treated Non-Extraction
33-year old female presents with a full Cusp Class II malocclusion with 9mm overjet and 30% overbite. Slight recession present on the left molars and premolars.
Open bite Closed without Surgery, declined elsewhere
22-year-old male wants to close his 6mm anterior open bite. He can't eat well or bite into food and is self-conscious of how it looks when he talks. His back molars are wearing down and the dentin is starting to be exposed on the lower molars.
Class II division 1 adolescent treated Non-Extraction with aligners and Class II elastics and Orthopulse
A 15 -year-old with 8 mm overjet and a retrusive mandible treated during the growth spurt with aligners, and Class II elastics, avoiding fixed appliances.