Evidence Hub

Class II malocclusion and ectopic canine treated with Pendulum appliance and TADs in a high-relapse potential Ehlers-Danlos patient: A case report

Dina Stappert, Abrar Bakhsh, Lauren Wiese

Journal of the World Federation of Orthodontists, 2020

6 citations

Abstract

The aim of this case report is to present the treatment plan, progress, and retention difficulty of an adolescent with a skeletal Class II malocclusion and ectopic canine eruption using a Pendulum appliance and skeletal anchorage. The patient was diagnosed with benign hypermobile EDS towards the end of treatment. This patient went through frequent relapses in a short period, which should be considered while treating patients with similar condition. This report emphasizes that forces applied in patients with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome will accelerate tooth movement but the clinicians should be cautious enough to avoid potential periodontal breakdown due to disturbaces in collagen remodeling.

How strong is the evidence?

Evidence Hub reads this as a case report, done in people. Its evidence level is 5 of 5 (Very low · case / narrative / animal / in vitro / in silico). Case reports, narrative reviews, and animal, cell or computer-model studies give the weakest evidence for human health.

How the five levels of evidence work. The level is assigned automatically from the abstract and can be wrong, so check the paper.

Read the paper

Related studies

Go deeper in Evidence Hub

Evidence Hub adds a study data sheet (design, sample size, evidence level, key numbers), an AI summary and a chat grounded in the paper's text.

Open this study Sign up free