TREATMENT OF AN ADULT WITH A SEVERE ANTERIOR OPEN BITE AND MUTILATED MALOCCLUSION WITHOUT ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY

A case report of a 19-year, 7-month-old young woman who had an Angle C lass I mutilated malocclusion, characterized by a skeletal/dental ante rior open bite, crowding, thumb-sucking habit, and bimaxillary dental protrusion is presented. A nonsurgical approach was used to obtain sig nificant improvement in occlusion and in facial esthetics. [This case report was presented to the American Board of Orthodontics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the certification process conducte d by the Board.]