Use of functional appliance to correct the skeletal class II

– Evidence-based approach to treatment using functional appliance

– The degree of extension of the lower jaw: influence on the result and duration of treatment

– Methods of extending the lower jaw: indications

– The mechanism of provoking growth: biological and histological aspects

– Ihh protein: Role in mandibular development

– Herbst appliance: biomechanical aspects of operation, structure and indications

– Degree of Ihh release: depending on the method of mandibular extension

– Optimal values of the lower jaw extension

– Manufacturing and stocking of the Herbst appliance: recommendations

– Re-activation of the Herbst appliance: methodology.

Recommended for: Orthodontists.