Case Report

Treatment of Open Bite Based on Skeletal Anchorage Using Extrusion Lever Arms and Class III Elastics

Table 1

Cephalometric measurements before and after the treatment.

ParameterBefore treatmentAfter treatment

SNA (°)78.879.5
SNB (°)77.778.1
ANB (°)+1.1+1.4
AO-BO (mm)−3.5−5.7
Cant of occlusal plane (°)5.48.5
Maxillary mandibular plane angle (°)30.630.2
Bjork sum (°)399.9399.5
FMA (°)29.228.5
FMIA (°)56.567.2
IMPA (°)94.384.3
U1 to maxillary plane angle (°)119.8110.5
Li-E (mm)−4.1−3.8
Ls-E (mm)−6.4−5.7