The patient is a 17 year-old female who consulted us for the esthetic problem of an anterior open bite. DIAGNOSIS (fig 1 to 4, table 1) Class I Ballard, skeletal hyperdivergence. Class I Angle, arch length discrepancy. Anterior infraocclusion 5 mm. Maxillary midline deviation of 1.5 mm to the right. Hypoplastic amelogenesis imperfecta. Provisionary restoration of the mandibular incisors and of the maxillary central incisors.
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