OWN - Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH CI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH OCI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH TA - Kieferorthopädie JT - Kieferorthopädie IS - 0945-7917 (Print) IP - 1 VI - 35 PST - ppublish DP - 2021 PG - 27-42 LA - de TI - Alternative treatment strategies for pseudo-Class III malocclusion with mild asymmetry FAU - Venugopal, Adith AU - Venugopal A FAU - Nadela, Federico M. AU - Nadela F FAU - Bowman, S. Jay AU - Bowman S FAU - Marya, Anand AU - Marya A FAU - Kochhar, Anuraj Singh AU - Kochhar A FAU - Yadav, Rajiv AU - Yadav R FAU - Khursheed Alam, Mohammad AU - Khursheed Alam M CN - OT - pseudo-Class III OT - COTS protocol OT - intermaxillary elastics OT - jaw asymmetry OT - dental asymmetry AB - A pseudo-Class III patient often displays the presence of premature contacts that direct the mandible to slide forward in such a manner that the posterior teeth may occlude; otherwise, in an endon anterior position, the posterior teeth most often do not contact each other. Early intervention, apt diagnosis, and formulating a case-specific treatment plan are necessary to appropriately treat pseudo-Class III malocclusions. This early intervention in mixed dentition may prevent the dental discrepancy from evolving into a true Class III skeletal discrepancy with possible skeletal asymmetries. The patient cases presented in this article demonstrate a successful alternative approach to correct pseudo-Class III malocclusions by employing a combination of ‘rounded’ bite turbos, accentuated NiTi archwires and intermaxillary elastics. AID - 1031695