Description

This presentation will review the history and literature of serial extraction and demonstrate its advantages as well as some disadvantages. Using case reports, it will show how serial extraction can be used and, at times, modified for selected patients who have Class II malocclusions.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe serial extraction.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of serial extraction.
• Comprehend how serial extraction can be modified for patients with missing teeth and Class 2 malocclusions.

Speaker(s):

• James L. Vaden, DDS, MS