1Post Graduate Student, Dept. of Orthodontics, Royal Dental College, Palakkad
2Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Orthodontics, Royal Dental College, Palakkad
*Corresponding Author: E-mail: nadeert1987@gmail.com
Online published on 24 September, 2015.
The use of headgear has several clinical applications like distalization, restricting maxillary growth and anchorage control. The main being control of the vertical maxillary excess. In this article a 10 yr old patient with a high pull headgear for a period of 8 months is detailed. Cephalometrically the result indicates the use of high pull headgear causes both skeletal and dentoalveolar changes.
High pull headgear, Maxillary splint, Intrusion
