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The treatment of a malocclusion related to lack of dental contact between the upper and lower teeth with a fixed appliance: a randomized clinical trial

Anterior Open Bite Treatment with Fixed Tongue Educator: a randomized clinical trial -

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4jq79xt
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2022-07-10
Start date
2022-10-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

open bite

Interventions

The experimental group will consist of 29 patients treated with fixed tongue educator which will include bands on first permanent molars or second deciduous molars, will transfer to plaster models to

Sponsors

Universidade Federal do Pará
Lead Sponsor
Centro Universitário do Pará
Collaborator
Universidade da Amazônia
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
5 Years to 10 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: patients in mixed dentition; anterior open bite greater than or equal to 1 mm

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with cognitive difficulties; cleft lip and palate; syndromes and; or anomalies and dental agenesis will be previously excluded

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Correction and stability of anterior open bite in the post-treatment period between two types of appliances, verified through clinical, speech-language pathology, model analysis and profile cephalograms from the observation of a difference of at least 30% between the groups in the pre-measurements. , final and post-intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The impact of treatments on the quality of life of the child patient, assessed through questionnaires, device breakages, misfits, allergies, soft tissue injuries, loss of device and abandonment or withdrawal filled in a clinical file

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactLarissa Moda

Universidade Federal do Pará

larissa.moda@ics.ufpa.br+55 (91) 3201-7563

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)