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Ethnicity and premolar extraction
Extraction of premolars and retraction of anterior teeth helps reduce dentition prominence. [...]
Airway assessment on cephalometric radiography
Head posture when taking a ceph can influence the apparent size of the oropharynx. Slide 1 shows 2 cephs. Left, initial ceph; right, ceph taken 14 months later. Similar head posture is assessed by the angulation of the occlusal plane. Slide 2 sh [...]
Multidisciplinary treatment
44-year-old man. Sleep apnea syndrome requiring CPAP at night.Bimaxillary retrogression.Mutilated dentition. Inclusion of lower left canine and lower left 2nd premolar.Retention of lower right primary canine and lower left primary canine root.Collap [...]
Adult, cl III. Absence of lateral incisor
Main complaint: hollow lip, prominent mention, deviated upper mid-arch.Treatment:1- Correct dental camouflage compensation (lower linguoversion)2-Correct upper arch midline3- Correct skeletal misalignment4- Restore missing incisor with implant-suppo [...]
Isolated functional genioplasty
I’ve often talked about the benefits of isolated functional genioplasty. The easiest to recognize is the aesthetic benefit in profile. The chin is less long, less receding (retrusive) and it allows the lips to close without muscular contractio [...]
Hilgers-Pendulum hybrid with bone anchored
Combination of a pendulum-type molar distalization spring on the right molar and a Hilgers-type molar derotation spring on the left molar and Tomas pin EP 8 mm anchoring miniscrews (10 mm miniscrews can also be used).Objective: distalize the right m [...]
Vertical dimension and facial aesthetics
I’m presenting the case of a 37-year-old adult who is consulting us because her teeth are “moving” (becoming “crooked”) over time.She doesn’t like the composite veneer on her upper left lateral incisor.Clinical ex [...]
Conservative management of Anterior Open Bite
Last June, Dr Normand Boucher, U of Pen ask me to write a case report for the MASO journal. He attended my webinar Vertical dimension and Facial Esthetics. So I write this case report. It is now available in the 2020-MASO-FALL journal. I hope you wi [...]
Creative occlusion
There are conditions that sometimes force creative decision-making to establish an aesthetic and functional dental occlusion.I’m referring here to congenital absence of lateral incisors, traumatic loss of an upper central incisor (or two), or [...]
Third Pathway
I recently had a consultation with a 25-year-old man who arrived with 4 boxes, each containing an occlusal plate. This is case #1.To summarize his story, it all started when he was 18. According to the description he gave me, he had dislocated a [...]