CASE STUDY Figure 24 Figure 21 Figure 25 Figure 22 Figure 26 during treatment. This patient has a slight clockwise growth pattern and already has a mildly open skeletal vertical dimension. I have decided to go with my default setting and try to finish the case so that the patient has a full complement of 28 teeth. Treatment Plan ᕡ Extract 7 7 (8 8 to replace 7 7) (Fig. 17) ᕢ Palatal TAD anchored Newby/Anderson Distalizer 2 to distal drive 8, 6, 5, 4, 3 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 to a Class I platform (Fig. 18). ᕣ Level the Curve of Spee without increasing the skeletal vertical dimension (Fig. 19). ᕤ Bilateral TADs in the external oblique ridges to bilat-erally intrude the mandibular molars and for verti-cal control when intruding the mandibular anterior teeth (Fig. 20). www.orthodontics.com Figure 23 Winter 2024 27
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