Diagnóstico e tratamento da mordida aberta dentária com aparatologia removível

  • Ana Sara Rodrigues Paixão (Student)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis

Abstract

The Open Bite is mostly present in children before puberty. It’s conclusive that open bite has the tendency to decline as the age advances. It presence can be related with the presence of harmful oral habits. This malocclusion, is easy to treat when early diagnosis is done. If left without treatment, can lead to craniofacial changes. The main objective of this work, was the evaluation of a open bite case report already treated in Clínica Dentária Universitária of Portuguese Catholic University, aiming the evaluation of the pathognomonic clinical characteristics of open bite, as well as, the effectiveness of the treatment with removable appliances. The selected patient, presented anterior open bite, which was corrected with a palatal crib and the use of this type of appliance, was succeeded, so, the anterior open bite was effectively corrected. Farther, oral screenings were performed to assess the prevalence of open bite in children between 7 and 12 years, from the Agrupamento de Escolas do Mundão, in Viseu. Concomitantly, was also evaluated the presence of oral habits in the target population. Relatively to the prevalence study, that 3,6% of the sample had some type of open bite. Fairly to the presence of harmful oral habits, merely 11,9% of children doesn’t have any one.
Date of Award17 Sept 2012
Original languagePortuguese
Awarding Institution
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa
SupervisorArmandino Alves (Supervisor)

Keywords

  • Open bite
  • Oral habits

Designation

  • Mestrado em Medicina Dentária

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