Journal of Orofacial & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 1

Bimaxillary Protrusion Treated with Tear Drop Loop-A Case Report

  • Author:
  • Rashmi Dhanashetti1,, R.M Dharma2, M.R. Dinesh3, B.C. Amaranth4, C.S. Prashanth4, Manjunath Hegde5
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 45 to 50

1Senior Lecturer, P.M. Nadagouda Memorial Dental College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India

2Professor and HOD, Department of Orthodontics, DA Pandu Memorial RV Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

3Professor and Principal, Department of Orthodontics, DA Pandu Memorial RV Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

4Professor, Department of Orthodontics, DA Pandu Memorial RV Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

5Reader, Department of Orthodontics, DA Pandu Memorial RV Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

*Email Id: rashmidhanashetti@gmail.com

Online published on 17 July, 2018.

Abstract

A 19-year-old female complaints of forwardly placed upper and lower front teeth. She had skeletal Class I relation with bimaxillary dental proclination. Extraction of first premolars was planned to correct anterior proclination and achieve lip competency. Tear drop loop was used to retract upper and lower anteriors in order to reduce proclination. Post-treatment incisors inclination was improved. As the incisors were retracted, lip competency, facial convexity and nasolabial angle improved.

Keywords

Bimaxillary, Drop loop, Proclination, Anteriors, Nasolabial, Multifactorial