Evaluation of Soft and Hard Tissue Changes Following the Use of Rapid Molar Intruder for the Management of Skeletal Anterior Open Bite in Mixed Dentition: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate skeletal, dentoalveolar, and soft tissue changes following early anterior open bite (AOB) treatment using a rapid molar intruder (RMI). Materials and methods A two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial was conducted on 40 patients aged 8-12 years with anterior open bites. They were randomly allocated to the RMI group and the untreated control group (UCG) with a 1:1 allocation ratio. At the beginning of the treatment (T1) and after nine months of treatment (T2), lateral cephalometric images were taken of each patient. The primary outcome measures were skeletal, dentoalveolar, and soft tissue changes. A two-sample t-test was used in the intergroup comparisons of the cephalometric measurement. Results The findings showed that the overb

SUBMITTER: Hasan AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9774995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature