Class III correction

- Established dogmas for the сlass III correctionSkeletal Class III malocclusions are usually treated with extensive orthodontics and orthognathic surgery after completion of active growth. Conservative treatment (without orthognathic surgeries) requires a broad range of tooth movement in 3D.

- Class III correction using a TADsTemporary Anchorage Devices (TADs), placed between the roots of teeth, are of limited value for moving the entire dentition, relative to its apical base of bone. However, extra-alveolar TADs, placed in the extra-alveolar bone of the maxilla and mandible, provide anchorage for extensive dentofacial orthopedic corrections, in both growing children and adults. Many skeletal Class III malocclusions can be effectively managed without orthognathic surgery.

- Demonstration of clinical examples of the conservative management of severe class III malocclusions.