In this article, the treatment of two clinical cases is presented, in which patients showed distocclusion, severe overbite, required correction occlusal plane and movements mandible. Both were treated with functional orthopedic appliances first case. patient was 4 years 5 months old, second, 10 old. had a significant pathological large difference height between right left sides. The lateral man...

Objectives The authors performed a systematic review to evaluate the potential beneficial effects of the nasoalveolar molding appliance on nonsyndromic unilateral clefts of the lip and/or palate prior to primary lip repair. Material and Methods A literature search was performed using three electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science) and three journals ("Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Jou...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity of masticatory muscles before and after functional orthopaedic therapy with Sander appliance. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ten adolescents (5 girls, 5 boys) with an Angle Class II, division I malocclusion, 9-13 years old, were submitted to sEMG before and after functional orthopaedic therapy. To verify the n...

Background: The Class II Malocclusion is the most frequent dento-skeletal anomaly that involves one third of all orthodontic patients. So many appliances have been described in the literature for treating this malocclusion, in particular when it’s indicated to obtain a mandibular advancement. The aim of this study is to compare the dental and skeletal effects of Frankel II Regulator and Cervera...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a differently designed functional appliance (the R-appliance) with a twin-block (TB)-treated group. Thirty patients (18 girls and 12 boys) with a mean age of 10.5±0.7 years were treated with the R-appliance for 16.2±0.3 months and 25 (11 boys and 14 girls) with a mean age of 11.2±1.3 years with a TB for 16.1±1.4 months (control). All had a...

Orthodontic treatment is a topic in dentistry that plays an important role improving facial esthetics, function and stability of good results.Interceptive orthodontic performed infancy or the mixed dentition pe-riod to reduce severity developing malocclusion order minimize need for treatment. Interceptive using functional appliance produce orthopedic, dentoalveolar, andmusculoskeletal changes. ...

The aims of this study were to investigate the value of pre-treatment maximal molar bite force as a predictive variable in determining post-treatment changes and stability following functional appliance treatment in Class II malocclusion children. Twenty-eight Class II malocclusion children having undergone functional appliance treatment were followed for at least 1 year post-treatment. Maximal...