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Orthodontic management by functional activator treatment: a case report

Authors: Giuseppe Aprile, Eleonora Ortu, Ruggero Cattaneo, Davide Pietropaoli, Mario Giannoni, Annalisa Monaco

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Background

Managing orthodontic treatment is often very difficult for the orthodontist. Many devices are used during the orthopedic phase of orthodontic treatment, always with different functions. We describe a case of orthodontic management treated with the Equilibrator O.S.A. device (equilibrator designed by Ovidi, Santi, and Aprile for Eptamed SRL; Cesena, Italy; www.eptamed.com).

Case presentation

A healthy 10-year-old white boy presented with a skeletal class II, division 1 malocclusion, molar class II, exhibiting an overjet of 7 mm prior to treatment. For treatment, we only used the Equilibrator O.S.A. device.

Conclusions

We successfully treated an orthopedic/orthodontic case with a particular device that we describe here.

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Title: Orthodontic management by functional activator treatment: a case report
Authors: Giuseppe Aprile
Eleonora Ortu
Ruggero Cattaneo
Davide Pietropaoli
Mario Giannoni
Annalisa Monaco
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1505-y

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