Title

Orthodontic management of Class III malocclusion in growing patients with RME and facemask: A case series

Authors

Kasturi Mukherjee^1,*, Poulomi Roy¹, Amit Shaw², Amitava Bora³, Prakash Banerjee¹ & Aafreen Smriti Minz⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India; ²Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Dr R Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India; ³Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India; ⁴Intern, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Kasturi Mukherjee - E-mail: drkats.mukherjee@gmail.com
Poulomi Roy - E-mail: drpoulomi.r@gmail.com
Amit Shaw - E-mail: dr.amitshawradc@gmail.com
Amitava Bora - E-mail: dramitavabora@gmail.com
Prakash Banerjee - E-mail: drprakashbanerjee@gmail.com
Aafreen Smriti Minz - E-mail: aafreensmritiminz@hmail.com

Article Type

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Date

Received February 1, 2026; Revised February 28, 2026; Accepted February 28, 2026, Published February 28, 2026

Abstract

Orthopaedic treatment of skeletal class III malocclusion in children is critical because it can prevent potential surgical procedures. Initial management of class III malocclusion helps to avoid the harmful effects of facial deformity. Hence, we present four cases on the early orthopaedic therapy of class III malocclusion using rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and a face mask. All these cases presented with class III malocclusion, which included mid-face deficit and an anterior cross bite. All of them were treated with a combination of RME and facemask therapy. Combined skeletal and dental improvements resulted in satisfactory treatment of class III malocclusion.

Keywords

Facemask therapy, growth modification, malocclusion, maxillary deficiency

Citation

Mukherjee et al. Bioinformation 22(2): 634-638 (2026)

Edited by

P Babaji

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.