Li Larry Cf, Rabie A Bakr M, Wong Ricky Wk
Private practice in Singapore Q & M Dental Centre, City Square Mall, Singapore.
Singapore Dent J. 2010 Jun;31(1):30-5. doi: 10.1016/S0377-5291(12)70007-X. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
Fixed functional appliance is an effective way of treating skeletal Class II malocclusion in children and adolescents. The following case report documented a 13-year-old boy with 15 mm overjet treated by a phase I 12-month growth modification therapy using Herbst appliance with Hyrax palatal expander and high pull headgear in a stepwise mandibular advancement protocol followed by a phase II pre-adjusted edgewise appliance therapy. It is one of the cases submitted for the Membership of Orthodontics Examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.