Evaluation and identification of open bite etiology will be discussed in this lecture. Differential diagnosis and treatment planning of various individual non-surgical cases will be shown.

Learning Objectives:

Diagnosis and treatment planning guidelines for open bite correction
Maintaining vertical dimension during open bite correction

Treating Open Bite at Different Ages

Treating the skeletal and dental openbite has always been a challenge for clinicians. This evidence based lecture will focus on the differential diagnosis and the treatment of different types of openbite malocclusion and their treatment at different ages.

Learning Objectives:

The key points in differentially diagnosing different types of openbite
How to approach dental and skeletal openbite cases at different age groups
How to deal with relapse.

Herbert A. Klontz BA, DDS, MS

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