CASE REPORT AUSTIN PROTRA PROTR TECHNIQUE 5 Cases & Simple Steps For Somewhat Difficult Situations By Ron Austin, DDS S ometimes you try something new in orthodontic treatment and, after a while, you start to wonder, “How I ever lived without it”. The protraction technique that I’m going to describe is one of those things. I developed the idea from listening to one of the AGpO instructors, Dr. Roy Holexa, along with a protraction technique described in the Tip-Edge Guide. I have found the following indications for the tech-nique (listed in the order I use it). b open up spaces for crowded teeth b decrease overjet/underjet b Treat Class II subdivision cases (unilateral protrac-tion, especially in non-extraction cases) Fig. 1 b Move midlines -unilateral protraction b open bites The technique itself is very simple to use and requires few instruments and supplies.(Fig. 1) Fig. 2 Fig. 3 January/February 18 January/ y February 2013 JAOS
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