Professional paper

Treatment of Mandibular Retrognathism with the Herbst Appliance

Cvetko Mišolić

Abstract

The Herbst appliance was first applied almost 100 years ago. Though
very efficient, it has not been well accepted due to certain prejudice.
The goal of this research work is to describe this appliance and present how it works. There is also a description of therapy of a young adult patient treated for mandibular retrognathism. To conclude, it should be noted that the Herbst appliance has proved to be an efficient therapeutic instrument, as the patient has shown not only dentoalveolar, but also skeletal changes, although his growth and development had already finished. The estimate of results of the treatment of the above mentioned case has been in accordance with the data from the recent research papers describing the cases when the appliance had been applied to adult patients, proving itself to be a valid alternative to the orthognathic surgery.

Keywords

Herbst appliance; Class II/1; distal bite

Hrčak ID:

250

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/250

Publication date:

15.12.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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