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Writer's pictureSarah Meriweather - Global Product Specialist

Open Bite Diagnosis Treatment

Updated: May 8, 2023


Open Bite

This guide organises possible treatment options for a open bite diagnosis. The document is a treatment planning tool to assist you assist how to best treat patients. Treatments are graded by complexity, ranked by the orthodontic technique required, as a guide to the efficacy of treatment and enable providers to select cases that best matches their ability to apply advanced techniques. In this regard, it is particularly useful for dentists who are just beginning to provide clear aligner treatment.

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Open Bite

Open Bite

Open bite diagnosis treatment options

Dental

  • Incisor Flared

Relative extrusion by retraction Novice (0-15 cases)

  • Incisor Upright

Absolute extrusion with auxiliaries Advanced (>50 cases)

Skeletal

Maintain open bite, aesthetic alignment Experienced (16-50 cases)

Pre-surgical Proligner alignment followed by surgery Advanced (>50 cases)


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