Koreksi Protrusif Dengan Oral Screen Pada Anak Sebagai Tahap Terapi Awal Maloklusi Klas II Divisi 1

Malocclusion was a biological variation, which where happened deviate from normal relations between teeth in one jaw arch and in the contradictory jaw arch. Malocclusion was connected with thefunction oftheface muscle, chewing muscles, andtongue muscles thatwas abnormal. In a situation which anterio...

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Main Author: Muh. Harun Achmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hasanuddin University 2007-10-01
Series:Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
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Online Access:http://jdmfs.org/index.php/jdmfs/article/view/185
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Summary:Malocclusion was a biological variation, which where happened deviate from normal relations between teeth in one jaw arch and in the contradictory jaw arch. Malocclusion was connected with thefunction oftheface muscle, chewing muscles, andtongue muscles thatwas abnormal. In a situation which anterior maxillary teeth were visible, experienced pro verdigris, overbite, over jet that was too big, as well as open bite. The main cause was possibly by disharmony of the relations between oral and perioral muscles. One of the various early stages of malocclusion in child therapy was mainly to correct the protrusive state was the oral screen. This case study conducted to report the using of oral screen as one of the effective equipment that was very easy using to correct anterior maxillary teeth protrusive. The case represents a ten years old boy with anterior maxillary teeth protrusive, malocclusion class I division.1 that came to the FKG-UNPAD specialist dental clinic in Bandung. Protrusive of the maxillary anterior teeth was the chief complaint. Other complaints were, the lips could not close totally, and could chew food well. In the early measurement, over jet was obtained as big as J 3 mm, and overbite 8 mm. After using the oral screen for 4 months, the overjet became 9 mm, and overbite became 5 mm. from this case, it can be concluded that therapy using oral screen for 4 months, 12 to 16 hours daily can improve the overjet and overbite of the patient, improve profile of the patient, namely lips position, and its relation to anterior teeth
ISSN:2503-0817
2503-0825