The clinical study of vacuum-formed jaw-pillow used for teeth fixing in children with traumatic anterior teeth
ZHANG Hui-wei
LI Ya
ZHANG Zheng
Abstract：AIM:To evaluate the clinical effects of vacuum-formed jaw-pillow used for teeth fixing in chil-dren with traumatic anterior teeth.METHODS:58 cases of children (42 males and 16 females aged 7 -12 years) with anterior teeth trauma were randomly divided into 2 groups,and respectively treated by vacuum-formed jaw-pillow (30 cases)and arc wire (28 cases).The clinical operation time,tooth mobility,patient comfort index and gingival index were compared between the 2 groups before and 4 weeks after treatment .Tata were statistically analyzed.RE-SULTS:The efficacy between the 2 groups was not statistically different (P>0.05);the comfort index,gingival in-dex and clinical operation time of vacuum-formed jaw-pillow group were obviously better than those of control group (P<0.05).CONCLUSION:Vacuum-formed jaw-pillow used for teeth fixing in children with traumatic anterior is superior to arc wire .
Keywords：mixed dentitionteeth traumasplint fixationvacuum-formed jaw-pillow
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 488-490 )