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Clear aligner seCtion

Fig 3:
Start of Phase 2 records:

Age: 11 years, 3 months
Transitional period: 6 months

Fig 4:
Phase 2 progress records:
Age: 12 years, 9 months
Treatment length (Phase 2): To be determined
(18 months so far; waiting for teeth #2, 15, and
29 to finish erupting)
Number of aligners used:
Upper: 50 (weekly) + 15 (every 2 weeks) Lower:
50 (weekly) + 15 (every 2 weeks)
Auxiliaries used: Class 3 elastics (to
compensate for congenitally missing #20)

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