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SequentialMARA-
InvisalignTreatment
JAMESE.ECKHART,DDS
Althoughorthodontictreatmentwithclearalign-Analternativeapproach,asdescribedinthis
ersystemssuchasInvisalign*isusuallyarticle,issequentialtreatmentwiththeMARA
contraindicatedinteen-agepatientswithClassIIfollowedbytheInvisalignsystem.
malocclusions,itcanbeanoptioniftheteethare
sufficientlyeruptedforthealignerstograspthem.
ApplianceDesign
WhenClassIIelasticsareusedconcurrentlywith
aligners,however,theresultingchangesmaybeInanadolescentpatient,theMARAcanbe
primarilydentoalveolar.Incontrast,approxi-usedtoacceleratemandibulargrowthbyposturing
matelyhalfthecorrectionseenwiththeMandibularthemandibleforwardaswithaHerbst***appli-
AnteriorRepositioningAppliance**(MARA)inance.UnliketheHerbst,ithasnoconnection
adolescentClassIIpatientsisskeletal.1Inseverebetweenthejaws;likeafixedTwinBlock,†itholds
ClassIIcases,theMARAcouldpreventsidethemandibleforwardwithtwointerfacingvertical
effectsthatwouldbedifficulttocorrectwithsurfaces.TheMARAreportedlyproducesresults
Invisalignalone,suchasfirstmolartippingorsimilartothoseoftheHerbst,butwithlesshead-
posteriorintrusion,bothofwhichhavebeengeareffectandlessmandibularincisorproclina-
observedduringtreatmentwithacombinationoftion.1
fixedappliancesandtheMARA.ThedesignoftheMARAhasevolvedov