Treatment of severe rotations of maxillary central incisors with whip appliance: Report of three cases

The routine treatment for rotated maxillary incisor is a fixed appliance, but in some instance the use of this method is impossible. In addition, in only limited cases of rotation, removable appliance is applicable. In this study, the use of a semi-removable appliance is presented, which has some be...

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Published inDental research journal Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 133 - 139
Main Authors Parisay, Iman, Boskabady, Marzie, Abdollahi, Mojtaba, Sufiani, Mostafa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Iran Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2014
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Case Report
Maxillary incisor
tooth rotation
whip appliance
tooth rotation
whip appliance
Maxillary incisor
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Summary:The routine treatment for rotated maxillary incisor is a fixed appliance, but in some instance the use of this method is impossible. In addition, in only limited cases of rotation, removable appliance is applicable. In this study, the use of a semi-removable appliance is presented, which has some benefits over the other methods. In this study, the corrections of about 70-90° rotation of the maxillary central incisors in different phases of mixed dentition were performed in three patients using whip appliance. This method was performed using a simple removable appliance such as Hawley appliance and whip spring that forced the couple to derotate the tooth. In all cases, treatment was successfully completed in relative short duration. Whip appliance can be recommended as an effective method to correct rotation of maxillary incisor in mixed dentition with several advantages like rapid correction.
ISSN:1735-3327
2008-0255
DOI:10.4103/1735-3327.127208