Resumen

TORRES UGALDE, Minerva  y  GONZALEZ BALUT, Mauricio. Orthodontic compensation in a class II division I patient. Clinical case. Rev. Odont. Mex [online]. 2007, vol.11, n.2, pp.91-102. ISSN 1870-199X.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fo.1870199xp.2007.11.2.15874.

The objective of an orthodontic compensation or camouflage is to treat the skeletal discrepancies avoiding orthognatic surgery. Dental extractions allows us to obtain a correct dental relation even when an incorrect relation of skeletal Class II or III exist. Clinical Case: A 19 year old patient with Class II, skeletal division 1 diagnosis, which is decided to make an orthodontic compensation by extracting the first upper premolars.

Palabras llave : Skeletal discrepancies; orthodontic compensation; class II division I.