Fixed Functional Appliances in Orthodontics

Altering patient¿s facial profile has been a challenge for orthodontists over the years. Each clinician is periodically confronted with malocclusion that do not respond favorably to only tooth moving mechanotherapies because of the disharmony actually existing in the basal jaw bone itself. The aim of orthodontic treatment of children with malocclusion is to produce a well-balanced facial profile and an acceptable occlusion. The challenging task is to correctly position jaws antero-posteriorly and vertically with correct overbite, overjet and centric relation. In order to treat full spectrum of malocclusion effectively clinician must recognize and assess any skeletal disharmony at an early age and plan for growth modification because if conservative orthodontic therapy cannot be provided at proper time, then such skeletal disharmony may have to be treated surgically.