Prevalence of Functional Appliance for Growth Modification in Class II Patients - A Retrospective Study

Functional appliance is usually advocated as a method of growth modification in early correction of skeletal class II correction. The ability of functional appliances to reduce overjets by means of Modifying dental relationships. This study aimed at determining the need for functional appliance therapy for correction of skeletal class II malocclusion in growing individuals. The samples for the study were retrieved from patient management software. Many of the reports concerning growth effects of functional appliances have been characterized by poor methodology. Among the cases Class II growing patients were identified and the different treatment plans of functional appliances were assessed. The dental college witnessed a total of 119 growing class II patients of which majority were female patients who seeked treatment. . The criteria considered were severity, age and compliance of patient and type of appliance including removable and fixed functional appliance. The removable twin block appliance was the most commonly advised functional appliance. In younger adults with maxillary prognathism additionally headgear was used either alone or in combination with the various functional appliances.