Abstract

VELIZ CONCEPCION, Olga Lidia; VISET MURO, Liset  and  GRAU ABALO, Ricardo. Treatment of mesial step and its influence on morphological variables in five-year-old children (Part II). Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.4, pp.303-308. ISSN 1029-3043.

A quasi-experimental intervention study was carried out. Sample was constituted by sixteen children aged 5 years who came to receive orthodontic treatment at "Victoria de Santa Clara" Clinic; mesial step, anterior crossbite and occlusal interferences with slidings were observed during clinical and functional examinations. Sample was divided into two groups: experimental and control group with eight children, respectively. The first ones were treated after psychotherapy, myotherapy, selective carving and control of deletereous habits with indirect plain tracks, while the same therapy was applied to the control group, with the exception of orthodontic appliances. The most favourable results among the morphological variables were elimination of negative overjet and predominance of straight terminal planes. The indirect plain tracks and the functional therapy constitute the used tools for the early treatment of mesiocclusions of functional origin

Keywords : orthodontics/methods; oral medicine.

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