Distal movement of the upper molars with the Pendex appliance: a study with cast models

Eduardo César Almada SANTOS, Omar Gabriel da SILVA FILHO, Patrícia Maria Pizzo REIS, Francisco Antônio BERTOZ

Aim: this clinical longitudinal prospective study evaluated in cast models the effects of the Pendex appliance. Methods: thirty cast models of 15 adolescents treated at the Post-graduate course of the School of Dentistry of Araçatuba – UNESP were obtained at the beginning and at the end of the distal movement of the upper molars with the Pendex appliance. Results and Conclusions: the results showed increase of the upper dental arch perimeter with distal inclination and transverse control of the upper first molars

Keywords: Class II malocclusion. Pendex appliance. Pendulum appliance. Distal molar movement.

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