{"title":"Molar distalization with bimetric molar distalization arches.","authors":"N Küçükkeleş, A Doğanay","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to observe the clinical and cephalometric effects of intra-oral distalization with the maxillary bimetric arches. 3 girls and 1 boy with a mean age of 13.5 years with Class II skeletal and dental relationship were selected. Care was taken to select patients having a normal vertical growth pattern. Lateral cephalograms were taken at the beginning and at the end of the distalization period, which was approximately 3 months. To observe the distal movement, a metal marker was attached to the distal end of the buccal tube of the first molar. On each lateral cephalometric radiograph a reference plane perpendicular to the occlusal plane and passing through the point Sella was drawn to assess the amount of distalization. Cephalometric measurements indicated that the upper molars moved approximately 3 mm distally and that the lower incisors were proclined.</p>","PeriodicalId":77213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marmara University Dental Faculty","volume":"2 1","pages":"399-403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Marmara University Dental Faculty","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The aim of this study was to observe the clinical and cephalometric effects of intra-oral distalization with the maxillary bimetric arches. 3 girls and 1 boy with a mean age of 13.5 years with Class II skeletal and dental relationship were selected. Care was taken to select patients having a normal vertical growth pattern. Lateral cephalograms were taken at the beginning and at the end of the distalization period, which was approximately 3 months. To observe the distal movement, a metal marker was attached to the distal end of the buccal tube of the first molar. On each lateral cephalometric radiograph a reference plane perpendicular to the occlusal plane and passing through the point Sella was drawn to assess the amount of distalization. Cephalometric measurements indicated that the upper molars moved approximately 3 mm distally and that the lower incisors were proclined.