Case: Boy aged 11 years ; CLIII dental and skeletal – “a functional problem”

Dr. Larry Brown’s system of “Esthetic Orthodontics” is used in these early mixed-dentition, non-extraction cases. This system of Esthetic Diagnosis and Treatment Mechanics, combined with the Straight Wire Appliance (SWA) is used as a “fixed functional appliance” in order help eliminate Dysfunctional Habits and then to enact “Growth Modification” so as to change the face.

Beginning - Cross-bite is “jumped in 3 weeks using the Utility Arch Wire 

After 9 months –end of 1st phase – pseudo CLIII “growth pattern” has been corrected to a CLI occluion

24 Months – CLI occlusion is firmly established