Managing Malocclusion in the Mixed Dentition: Six Keys to Success Part 2

From Volume 35, Issue 10, December 2008 | Pages 673-676

Authors

PS Fleming

BDentSc(Hons), MSc, MFD RCS, MFDS RCS, MOrth

Senior Registrar in Orthodontics, Royal London Dental Institute, Canterbury, UK

Articles by PS Fleming

A Johal

BDS(Hons), MSc, PhD, FDS RCS, MOrth, FDS(Orth) RCS

Senior Lecturer/Consultant Orthodontist, Royal London Dental Institute, Canterbury, UK

Articles by A Johal

AT DiBiase

BDS(Hons), MSc, MOrth, FDS(Orth) RCS

Consultant Orthodontist, Maxillofacial Unit, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK

Articles by AT DiBiase

Abstract

Regular recall strategies ensure the general dental practitioner is ideally placed to recognize, manage and correct many occlusal problems in the mixed dentition phase. The first paper focused on recognition of normal and abnormal occlusal development, cessation of habits and correction of crossbites. This paper considers management of leeway space, highlights the importance of palpation of unerupted maxillary canines, and discusses the need for judicious removal of primary teeth (Keys 4-6).

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