TWO YEARS OF PREDICTABLE RESULTS WITH COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) AND COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING (CAM) ORTHODONTIC DEVICES IN ROSTRAL CROSSBITES AND LEVEL BITES IN 12 DOGS

Rostral crossbites and level bites are considered traumatic and unstable occlusions in both humans and dogs. In the long process of searching for treatment solutions for dogs, authors have tried to implement different solutions with poor and less repetitive re-sults. This may be due to the increased mastication forces developed in the canines' oral cavity. This article wants to report our predictable approach to these bites. Twelve owned dogs were addressed for this kind of pathology. Impressions were taken standardly; im-pressions were scanned and entered into the process of computer-assisted design (CAD). After analysing the cases, the orthodontic devices were computer -ai-ded manufacturing (CAM). Results were obtained be-tween two and nine weeks. No pink teeth appeared as a consequence of the orthodontic treatment. A six-month check-up after removing the orthodontic devi-ces revealed that the results were stable. All of the dogs in the study were neutered.