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(a) A 9-year-old girl showing anterior dental crossbite. (b) Catlan's appliance (Lower Inclined Bite Plane) cemented. (c) Posttreatment incisor relation after 3 weeks.
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The inclined plane was cemented on to the mandibular incisors and canines with zinc oxide eugenol cement (Figures 1(b) and 2(b)).
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(a) A 9-year-old girl showing anterior dental crossbite. (b) Catlan's appliance (Lower Inclined Bite Plane) cemented. (c) Posttreatment incisor relation after 3 weeks.
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The inclined plane was cemented on to the mandibular incisors and canines with zinc oxide eugenol cement (Figures 1(b) and 2(b)).
(a) A 9-year-old-boy with anterior dental crossbite. (b) Lower Inclined Bite Plane is cemented. (c) Frontal view showing correction of crossbite after 3 weeks.
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On clinical examination, anterior crossbite was observed in relation to maxillary left central incisors (Figure 2(a)) along with retained root stumps in the posterior region of the oral cavity. The crossbite was treated with inclined plane within a span of three weeks, and the bite was reversed without any undue problems to the child (Figure 2(c)).