PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buyuk, S. Kutalmış
AU  - Yavuz, Mustafa C.
AU  - Genc, Esra
AU  - Sunar, Oguzhan
TI  - A novel method to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2018.2.21235
DP  - 2018 Feb 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 203--208
VI  - 39
IP  - 2
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/2/203.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/2/203.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2018 Feb 01; 39
AB  - This clinical case report presents fixed orthodontic treatment of a patient with moderately crowded teeth. It was performed with a new technique called ‘discision’. Discision method that was described for the first time by the present authors yielded predictable outcomes, and orthodontic treatment was completed in a short period of time. The total duration of orthodontic treatment was 4 months. Class I molar and canine relationships were established at the end of the treatment. Moreover, crowding in the mandible and maxilla was corrected, and optimal overjet and overbite were established. No scar tissue was observed in any gingival region on which discision was performed. The discision technique was developed as a minimally invasive alternative method to piezocision technique, and the authors suggest that this new method yields good outcomes in achieving rapid tooth movement.