Curative effect of deciduous anterior teeth crossbite treated with fixed appliance
LU Shi-ying
TAN Gui-ping
HUANG Min-fang
Abstract：Objective To explore the curative effect of deciduous anterior teeth crossbite treated with fixed appliance.Methods The curative effect of fixed appliance on deciduous anterior teeth crossbite in 15 children trea-ted in orthodontics department of People′s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 2011 to 2014 were analyzed.Results The longest curative course for crossbite to be quitted in 15 children was 2 months,the shortest was 3 weeks.Average total treatment course was (4 ±0.5)months.Deciduous anterior tooth overjet and overbite were normal after treatment .The curative effect of 13 children were stable following 2 years after treatment ,and just 2 pa-tients who had hereditary skeletal crossbite family history had a relapse .Conclusion Treatment for deciduous anteri-or teeth crossbite with fixed appliance need little cooperation from the child ,diminish child′s times of return visit ,can quit crossbite smoothly ,and was effective highly .
Keywords：Fixed applianceDeciduous teethAnterior teethCrossbiteTreatment
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：4( 495-498 )