CC317. Class III Finishing Treatment Plan

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
This edition’s cover is rather unusual for an Orthodontic journal, isn’t it?
Following a recent lecture in Spain, I was invited to visit a famous art gallery, where I became absolutely fascinated by the uniqueness of the great Spanish artist Luis Bolumar, whose work is featured on the cover. The first things that attracted me were the unconventional eye shape and “Avatar” skin color, and also that the artist had quite unusually painted teeth, with a very fine smile arc.
Accompanied by a fellow professional, Dr. Fernando, our conversation soon turned to dentistry and I remarked that the lips were too protrusive, but could be easily remedied by extracting 4 bicuspids, in order to retract the front teeth and to reposition the lips. “No, no, no, no!” replied my Spanish friend. “We love sexy lips!” This was not the first time I have heard Caucasian doctors talking about sexy lips and this has always had me slightly confused.
I also met the famous speaker Dr. Ramon in Spain, who had recently been invited to speak about lip profile in Shanghai. Prior to his lecture he visited a night market and noticed many thick protrusive lips (in need of 4 bicuspid extractions) and he realised that none of his case reports actually covered this and was concerned that his topic would not be appropriate for oriental doctors and their patients. Obviously different races have different profiles and esthetics.
Both these stories have given me a deeper understanding of cultural and physical differences and the need to think about how different people perceive these. It’s very subjective!
Most of the cases presented in IJOI are Asian patients being treated by Asian doctors, based on Asian esthetics. Most orthodontic literature is based on Caucasian cases, so as the publisher, I sincerely hope that IJOI can add to the orthodontic database and help bridge this cultural divide and allow a better understanding for all cultures.
I hope that readers of and contributors to IJOI can relate to this and join us as we continue on our path to glory.
Chris Chang DDS, PhD, Publisher of IJOI.

[@abhishek_kothari]

For me they removed one pre molar from each side and class 3 got corrected.

[@sorryantisocial2238]

Did it work

[@abeldental9685]

Dr. Chris puede explicar a qué altura de los bordes cemento los brackets?
Otra pregunta
Al retruir los incisivos inferiores no afecta la tabla lingual?

[@DocDamiong]

Nice case presentation

[@jimdwight558]

Informative video about Orthodontics treatments. It has great info. 😃 👍 👍
th-cam.com/video/_Bd7sCymnDk/w-d-xo.html

[@Seniordingdong]

My class 3 was pretty bad too

[@MyMohamedsalem]

I didn’t like the results
He still has gaps between the upper canine and the lower tooth premolar
Why ?

[@Dilipchaulagai]

How many months we have to wear rubber band??

[@alfa8277]

How long does it take??🤔😳

[@gubbfyhhh9224]

Sakit ga di daging di kasih besi gitu buat narik nya

[@maykhalif5930]

Hello I have orthodontic case could you give me the treatment plane for it?

[@alias2563]

Do all class iii case have to remove teeth in the below jaw? I'm 16 and I have class iii bite, I have been wearing braces for ove a year now but didn't have any teeth removed🤔

[@mikaelamijaro9388]

Alias nah, i have a class iii bite too but they said they dont have to remove any teeth bc it depends on the movement of ur teeth when ur wearing ur braces.

[@alias2563]

Alex Mijaro thank you😄 I've been wondering all this time

[@deanmoriarty6015]

i have braces at the moment and they plan to use class 3 elastics with me. i have an extremely mild underbite/edge to edge bite and one place said i need extractions with surgery, but other places said that surgery and extractions weren’t necessary whatsoever. depends on who you see and how severe your case is

[@vishwavishu2009]

@@deanmoriarty6015 how much does it cost

[@deanmoriarty6015]

brindha Dhakshna mine is about 5800 but my insurance covered half of it

[@fendersignature]

What's AA 345 mean?

[@jyoleya3671]

How long does it take??

[@maryisais9185]

What about if open bite, under bite and dentures in the upper front

[@englishteja3369]

hello doc is possible to have class 111 malacclusion surgery without braces

[@Versace24_7]

Lol

[@englishteja3369]

@@Versace24_7 double lol

[@vlogasapisces4865]

what is the title of the background music?

[@ChrisChangOrtho]

Background music: Played by Chris’ guitar teacher Mr. Paco Wu. Thank you!

[@chunlizhang2717]

比较隐蔽的垂牵