RT  - Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
ID  - 10.17796/jcpd.25.4.m757h85mwvx280r7
T1  - The functional treatment of anterior-open bite: three case reports
A1  - Banu Dinçer
A1  - Serpil Hazar
YR  - 2001
SP  - 275
AB  - <p>Functional treatment of three skeletal open-bite patients with Bionator, Frankel IV and Posterior biteblock
</p><p>appliances is presented. Pretreatment and post treatment records were evaluated. Correction of
</p><p>malocclusion by changing direction of the mandibular development, adaptive bony development of
</p><p>the condyle, vertical development in posterior region, an increase in ramus length, a decrease in the
</p><p>lower facial height were observed in this report. The results of functional treatment of three appliances
</p><p>had different effect mechanisms.</p><p><br></p>