On this patient both arches were constricted but the maxilla itself was fine. For this reason the arches were widened with the archwires and we did not need to use a split-plate to widen the maxilla. Her total treatment time was 17 months.

Widening the Maxilla

• #96010B - Widened the Arches and Not the Palate

• #96193 - Slit-Plate (RPE) and Asymmetrical Extractions

• #96179 - Poor Widening of Maxilla, Stripped Contacts for More Room 

• #96104 - Poor Diagnosis, Split-Plate (RPE), Extractions

This patient has a very narrow upper arch. The four months to widen her maxilla is included in the whole treatment time.

• Spit-Plate (RPE)
• Removed Upper First Bicuspids
• Root Resorption - Minimal
• Treatment Time - 29 Months

Extreme Anterior Open-Bite

• Upper Laterals Were Missing and Lower Second Bicuspids were Removed
• High Pull Headgear
• Vertical Elastics
• Treatment Time - 16 Months until Transferred

Constricted Maxilla with an Open-bite from Molar to Molar.

• Removed Both Upper Second Bicuspids
• Overjet - 6 Millimeters
• Root Resorption - Minimal
• Treatment Time - 18 Months

A BeaCAN 100 Patient - treated as one of a series of 100 consecutive patients.

 How Cuspid Translation Protects Incisor Roots 

• Tipping Teeth and Root Resorption 
• Tipping vs. Translation
• Treatment Time - 18 months

A BeaCAN 100 Patient - treated as one of a series of 100 consecutive patients.

Extractions and Expansion Combined for Faster Treatment

• Rapid Palatal Expansion with a Split-Plate (RPE)
• Extractions - Upper Second Bicuspids

• Treatment Time - 15 Months

A BeaCAN 100 Patient - treated as one of a series of 100 consecutive patients.

Bimaxillary Protrusion with an 8-millimeter Overjet

• Treated with a Extractions and Headgear
• Upper First Bicuspids and Lower Second Bicuspids Extracted 
• Treatment Time - 17 Months plus an Extra 5 Months of Headgear

A BeaCAN 100 Patient - treated as one of a series of 100 consecutive patients.