Dento-Skeletal and Upper Airways Effects of Class III Intermaxillary Elastics in Growing Patients: A Retrospective Controlled Study.

Researchers compared growing patients treated with intraoral appliances and Class III elastics to untreated controls, finding the treatment improved the sagittal jaw relationship and increased nasopharyngeal airway space without significant vertical changes.

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