Palatal Crib Versus Bonded Spurs in Early Treatment of Anterior Open Bite Caused by Non-nutritive Sucking Habits: RCT

Launched by REEM HATEM SHAMS · Apr 1, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Habit is an unintentionally performed repeated activity. Development of habit is considered a part of the natural progression of maturation in children between infancy and three years of age, after this period, it is assumed to be unnatural. The most familiar and earliest noted habit is thumb sucking. It develops during infancy as a rooting reflex, after it ceases around three years of age .

Thumb sucking is defined as the placement of the thumb or one or more fingers in different depths into the mouth ). It emerges in two forms: nutritive and non-nutritive, where the first gives nourishme...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Children with nonnutritive sucking habits and/or tongue thrusting from 6 years to 11 years old.
• • 2. Angle Class I malocclusions.
• • 3. Anterior open bite equal to or greater than 1 mm.
• • 4. Maxillary and mandibular permanent central incisors fully erupted (children in the first transitional period were eligible for treatment when the maxillary lateral incisors were beginning to erupt, and the maxillary central incisors were still showing an open bite).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Children with loss of permanent teeth.
• • 2. Crowding, maxillary constriction, or posterior crossbites.
• • 3. Previous orthodontic treatment.
• • 4. Presence of craniofacial anomalies or syndromes.
• • 5. Tooth agenesis.