Objective: To prospectively measure occlusal changes in mixed dentition patients who underwent a standardized early expansion protocol. Materials and Methods: The treatment sample consisted of 500 patients who were assigned to three groups according to molar relationship: Class I (n = 204), end-to-end (n = 166), and Class II (n = 130). All patients were treated with a bonded rapid maxillary expander (RME) followed by a removable maintenance plate and a transpalatal arch. Mean age at the start of treatment was 8.8 years (T 1), with a pre-phase 2 treatment cephalogram (T2) taken 3.7 years later. The control sample consisted of the cephalometric records of 188 untreated subjects (Class 1, n = 79; end-to-end, n = 51; Class II, n = 58). Results: The largest change in molar relationship was noted when the Class II treatment group (1.8 mm) was compared with the matched control group (0.3 mm). A positive change was seen in 81% of the Class II treatment group, with almost half of the group improving by ≤2.0 mm. The end-to- end treatment group had a positive change of 1.4 mm, compared with a control value of 0.6 mm, and the Class I group of about 1 mm compared with controls, who remained unchanged (0.1 mm). Skeletal changes were not significant when any of the groups were compared with controls. Conclusion: The expansion protocol had a significantly favorable effect on the sagittal occlusal relationships of Class II, end-to-end, and Class I patients treated in the early mixed dentition.

Changes in occlusal relationships in mixed dentition patients treated with rapid maxillary expansion. A prospective clinical study / McNamara JA Jr; Sigler LM; Franchi L; Guest SS; Baccetti T. - In: ANGLE ORTHODONTIST. - ISSN 0003-3219. - STAMPA. - 80:(2010), pp. 230-238.

Changes in occlusal relationships in mixed dentition patients treated with rapid maxillary expansion. A prospective clinical study.

FRANCHI, LORENZO;BACCETTI, TIZIANO
2010

Abstract

Objective: To prospectively measure occlusal changes in mixed dentition patients who underwent a standardized early expansion protocol. Materials and Methods: The treatment sample consisted of 500 patients who were assigned to three groups according to molar relationship: Class I (n = 204), end-to-end (n = 166), and Class II (n = 130). All patients were treated with a bonded rapid maxillary expander (RME) followed by a removable maintenance plate and a transpalatal arch. Mean age at the start of treatment was 8.8 years (T 1), with a pre-phase 2 treatment cephalogram (T2) taken 3.7 years later. The control sample consisted of the cephalometric records of 188 untreated subjects (Class 1, n = 79; end-to-end, n = 51; Class II, n = 58). Results: The largest change in molar relationship was noted when the Class II treatment group (1.8 mm) was compared with the matched control group (0.3 mm). A positive change was seen in 81% of the Class II treatment group, with almost half of the group improving by ≤2.0 mm. The end-to- end treatment group had a positive change of 1.4 mm, compared with a control value of 0.6 mm, and the Class I group of about 1 mm compared with controls, who remained unchanged (0.1 mm). Skeletal changes were not significant when any of the groups were compared with controls. Conclusion: The expansion protocol had a significantly favorable effect on the sagittal occlusal relationships of Class II, end-to-end, and Class I patients treated in the early mixed dentition.
2010
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McNamara JA Jr; Sigler LM; Franchi L; Guest SS; Baccetti T
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