Fig. 4: Post Op Intra oral anterior Fig. 1: Pre Op: Cross-bite on right side. Fig. 5: Post Op Intra-oral right side. Fig. 2: Pre Op: Intra oral right lateral. Fig. 6: Pre Op TAD placed in the 3rd molar area. Fig. 3: Mirror image of the TAD in place. CASE I (Figs. 1-7) 59-year-old female expressed a desire to correct the right side cross bite, after her initial orthodontic ther-apy. Using upper to lower intra-arch elastics did not result in improvement. Distalizing the molar was planned, and the lower right third molar was extracted. Fig. 7: Post Op TAD post op and ready to remove. www.orthodontics.com September/October 2011 13
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