This article presents a case of class III malocclusion, a female patient aged 8 years treated in early stage of its recognition, i.e. treated in early mixed dentition stage, utilizing orthopedic appliance for its correction, utilizing both rapid maxillary expansion and face mask approach. After the skeletal base correction as part of phase of phase I therapy, a retentive plate was given and patient was asked to report every 6 months for review and monitoring of her growth pattern and phase II treatment planning after the eruption of all permanent teeth.How to cite this article: Khan MB, Karra A. Early Treatment of Class III Malocclusion: A Boon or a Burden? Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2014;7(2):130-136.

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Orthodontic treatment helps bring teeth in alignment. There is always debate whether tooth should be extracted or not for treating crowding. The present article highlights various advantages and disadvantages of extraction.

The aim of the present study was to explore a novel two-dimensional (2D) software technique and investigate the relationship between corresponding 2D and three-dimensional (3D) measurements on maxillary plaster casts of infants up to 6 months of age born with complete unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP). Materials and Methods: Twenty-five series of plaster casts were made of infants with complete unilateral and BCLP up to 6 months and were subjected to photographs followed by digitization for 2D software (MAKHTER) measurements and additionally to cone-beam computed tomography scanner for 3D digitization and measurement. The corresponding 2D and 3D measurements of the selected linear distances, curve lengths, and surface areas were carried out, and the efficacy of our 2D software was assessed and compared with 3D using linear regression. Results and Conclusion: Our innovative 2D technique was found to be much reliable and effective as the values for different landmarks were found to be close with 3D. However, 3D method presented good accuracy error (0.8%) on measuring geometric objects. There were no statistically significant differences (P > 5%) noted for different methods (2D and 3D) for almost all the distances analyzed. Thus, 2D software could be used as reliable alternate tool for 3D measurements, and additionally, 3D values could be predicted using Deming regression analysis from 2D measurements values.