This guide organises possible treatment options for a crossbite diagnosis. The document is a treatment planning tool to assist you assist how to best treat patients. Treatments are graded by complexity, ranked by the orthodontic technique required, as a guide to the efficacy of treatment and enable providers to select cases that best matches their ability to apply advanced techniques. In this regard, it is particularly useful for dentists who are just beginning to provide clear aligner treatment.
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Crossbite
Crossbite
Dental
Anterior
Advanced tooth and/or retract opposite Novice (0-15 cases)
Posterior
Buccal
Maintain crossbite, aesthetic alignment Novice (0-15 cases)
Expansion and/or constriction of other(s) Experienced (16-50 cases)
Lingual
Expansion and/or constriction of other(s) Experienced (16-50 cases)
Skeletal
Anterior
Anterior (see 8. Class III)
Posterior
Surgical expansion followed by Proligner for alignment Advanced (>50 cases)
Non-surgical, limited Tx. See Dental Tx options
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