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What is the treatment for skeletal high angle growing patient ?

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Question added by sharad bhushan kumar , consultant dental surgeon , kumar dental and orthodontic Avenue
Date Posted: 2014/06/22
Najm-ul-Huda Farooq
by Najm-ul-Huda Farooq , S.H.O. GENERAL DENTIST , Ministery Of Defence & Aviation , SAUDI ARABIA

      I CAN PREDICT THIS IS GOING TO BECOME A MAJOR ORTHODONTIC PROBLEM IN COMMING A FEW YEARS IF LEFT UNCHECKED.

1-CHECK & TRY TO REMOVETHE CAUSE IT MAY BE

*PARAFUNCTIONAL HABITS { TONGUE THRUSTING, MACROGLOSSIA, DIGIT SUCKING, MOUTH BREATHER ,ENLARGED ADENOIDS, NASAL BLOCKAGE [DNS, CONCHAL HYPEPLASIA etc]

*GENETICS

*TRAUMA

*JAW ROTATION

*HORMONAL SUPPLIMENTS [ FREQUENTLY CURRENTLY ADDED IN DIETRY POULTRY &DAIRY PRODUCTS]

*PITUTARY GLAND, SIZE [TUMOR OR MALIGNANCY ], GROWTH HORMONE LEVEL etc

2- DIAGNOSE CEPHALOMETIC BASED THE SKELETAL DISCRIPANCY 

3-LEVEL OF ASYMMETRY

4-PATIENT's AGE

5-INITALLY REMOVE THE CAUSE

6- START WITH PREVENTIVE TREATMENT [AGAIN CEPH BASED]

CHIN CAP, SERIAL EXTRACTIONS & GUIDED ERUPTIONS , JAW EXPANTIONS etc

7-EVALUATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS [AGAIN CEPH ]

8- DEPENDING UPON LEFT SKELETAL DICRIPANCY , 18+ YEARS AGED PATIENT CAN GO FOR ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY-

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