MODIFIED POSTERIOR BITE BLOCK FOR ANTERIOR CROSSBITE CORRECTION
*Dr. Ratendra Singh, Dr. Munish Reddy and Dr. Pradeep Raghav
ABSTRACT
A 16-year-old female patient reported to the Orthodontics Department with a chief complaint of irregularly placed teeth in the upper front tooth region. On extraoral facial patient has a mesoproscopic facial form with straight facial profile and an adequate lip seal. Whereas on intraoral examination Angles class 1 molar relation was present bilaterally with end on canine relation along with the anterior crossbite. In this case report, anterior crossbite is corrected by a fixed posterior bite block along with fixed mechanotherapy in both the upper arch and lower arch.
Keywords: Anterior crossbite, Posterior bite plane, MBT bracket prescription.
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