MAXILLARY GROWTH CONTROL WITH HIGH PULL HEADGEAR

• Author Details:   
• Nadeer. T
• Rosaline Tina Paul
• Althaf T. Rasheed
• Midhun Vinod
• Saveen NS
• Lakshmi Lakshmanan

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The use of headgear has several clinical applications like distalization, restricting maxillary growth and anchorage control. The main being control of the vertical maxillary excess. In this article a 10 yr old patient with a high pull headgear for a period of 8 months is detailed. Cephalometrically the result indicates the use of high pull headgear causes both skeletal and dentoalveolar changes.