The Use of a Pacifier to Correct Malocclusions in Young Children

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03513003

Enrollment

200

Registered

2018-05-01

Start date

2020-06-24

Completion date

2027-12-31

Last updated

2025-04-13

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Conditions

Malocclusion

Brief summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of a pacifier (102 Medical Pacifier, Curaprox, Switzerland) on malocclusions like posterior crossbite, anterior open bite, larger overjet and tongue dysfunction in young children.

Interventions

DEVICEFunctional Pacifier

Children swap from their habitual pacifier to the functional pacifier and stop baby bottle

BEHAVIORALStop habit

Children stop the use of their pacifier and/or baby bottle

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

2 Years to 5 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Children who are sucking the pacifier and / or baby bottle for the last 6 months in use. * Manifesting posterior crossbite in which minium 1 tooth and/or edge to edge in the region deciduous canines and/or deciduous molars, with or without forced bite. AND / OR \- Manifesting anterior open bite in which the overbite has negative values or edge to edge (≤ 0), with or without tongue thrust.

Exclusion criteria

* Children who are thumb- or fingersucking (or sucking other objects) * syndromic or cleft patients * patients with history of cranio-facial trauma, history of temporomandibular joint infection or musculo-skeletal asymmetry (e.g. scoliosis, torticollis) * patients with systematic diseases * patients currently under or after orthodontic Treatment * patients with ankylosed teeth (e.g. after dental trauma).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Posterior cross bite	1 year	presence of posterior crossbite in which minium 1 tooth and/or edge to edge in the region deciduous canines and/or deciduous molars, with or without forced bite.
Anterior open bite	1 year	presence of anterior open bite in which the overbite has negative values or edge to edge (≤ 0), with or without tongue thrust.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Facial movement	1 year	Lip contraction during swallowing of a sip of water
Lip competence	1 year	Contact between the upper and the lower lips at rest
Facial morphology	1 year	3D measurements of facial proportions

Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

Primary ContactCarlalberta Verna, DDS, PhD

carlalberta.verna@unibas.ch0041 061 2672641

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026