Spontaneous correction and new development of posterior crossbite from the deciduous to the mixed dentition.

Khda, Meryam; Kiliaridis, Stavros; Antonarakis, Gregory S (2023). Spontaneous correction and new development of posterior crossbite from the deciduous to the mixed dentition. European journal of orthodontics, 45(3), pp. 266-270. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ejo/cjac061

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AIM

To determine (a) the prevalence of spontaneous correction of posterior crossbites from the deciduous to the mixed dentition and (b) the development of new posterior crossbite cases during the eruption of the first permanent molars, in orthodontically untreated children.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A cohort of pupils aged 4-12 years participated in annual dental screenings, from 2001 to 2019. Data were collected prospectively but examined retrospectively. Children were selected who had been initially screened in their deciduous dentition and on at least one consecutive year, presenting with a posterior crossbite in the deciduous or mixed dentition. Those with a posterior crossbite in the deciduous dentition were evaluated to see whether the crossbite persisted in the mixed dentition, and vice versa.

RESULTS

Of the 2571 children participating in the annual dental screenings, 1076 children were in the deciduous dentition at their first screening appointment, with 693 having attended at least two screening appointments. Of these 693 children, 70 had a posterior crossbite in the deciduous dentition (10.1%). The crossbite persisted in the mixed dentition in only 16 out of these 70 children. Twenty-six out of the 623 children who did not have a posterior crossbite in the deciduous dentition developed one in the mixed dentition.

LIMITATIONS

The retrospective data collection, multiple examiners carrying out the dental screenings, and the absence of data on para-functions and oral habits were some of the limitations of the present study.

CONCLUSIONS

In the present sample, 1 in 10 children have a posterior crossbite in the deciduous dentition, which is however autocorrected in about three-quarters of cases. On the other hand, 4% of children developed a new crossbite in the mixed dentition. It may thus be reasonable in cases with posterior crossbite in the deciduous dentition to wait for the first permanent molars to erupt before initiating treatment.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Orthodontics

UniBE Contributor:

Kiliaridis, Stavros

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0141-5387

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

10 Oct 2022 13:48

Last Modified:

01 Jun 2023 00:11

Publisher DOI:

10.1093/ejo/cjac061

PubMed ID:

36203363

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/173599

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173599

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