zxzxzx Post: 11 of 17 4/12/2016 My thinking has evolved in a very similar way, but I really lean toward upper 5s whenever possible. I carried my oldest daughter's records around with me for six to nine months, trying to decide on non-extraction, X upper 7s, X upper 5s. I showed them to Dave Turpin when I was at Washington for the mini-residency and he said extracting upper 5s is essentially non-extraction treatment. Good advice. Use a couple of screws for anchorage and away we go. ■ Fenrisúlfr Post: 12 of 17 +1 to the comment by " dferrer1. " Th is is about six months into treatment. ■ 4/12/2016 straitline Post: 13 of 17 distalize. ■ 4/12/2016 Depends on the case. Either extract the 4 or use a Carriere from 6-4 to SHARPEN. RETIP. REPAIR. ALL BRANDS. TRUSTED BY THE WORLD'S BEST ORTHO-PLIER BRANDS jlazzara Posts: 16 and 17 of 17 1/21/2024 Rapid molar distalizer from Specialty Appliance in Atlanta. Th ey put a jackscrew in sideways on the buccal surface. Anchored off a Nance. Works like a million bucks. Sorry I don't have a picture to post, but you can see pictures of the appliance on their website. Activate 2X per week. ■ How do you address this kind of alignment issue? Agree with what you've read here, or do you have a diff erent opinion? Head online and leave a comment to help keep the conversation ball rolling! You never know-you might learn something new, or teach another doc a fresh way of approaching treatments. Go to orthotown.com/magazine to find this thread and join the conversation! PRECISIONPLIERSERVICE.COM 800.299.9060 MARCH 2024 | 19 | ORTHOTOWN.COMhttp://www.PRECISIONPLIERSERVICE.COM http://www.orthotown.com/magazine http://www.ORTHOTOWN.COM