The effect of a maxillary lip bumper on tooth positions

Häsler, Rudolf; Ingervall, Bengt (2000). The effect of a maxillary lip bumper on tooth positions. European journal of orthodontics, 22(1), pp. 25-32. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ejo/22.1.25

[img]
Preview
Text
220025.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Publisher holds Copyright.

Download (147kB) | Preview

The effect of the use of a lip bumper with anterior vestibular shields on the maxilla was studied in twenty-two 9-14 year-old children with a space deficiency in the maxillary dental arch. The lip bumper was used for 1 year.
The effect of the treatment was evaluated from dental casts and profile cephalograms made before and after treatment. Both the width of the maxillary dental arch at the premolars and the length of the arch increased significantly by about 2 mm. The effect of the treatment on the antero-posterior position of the first molars was small. In one subject the molar was distalized 2.8 mm. The average effect was, however, a reduction in the anterior movement of the molar within the face by about 0.5 mm, i.e. the maxilla moved anteriorly 1 mm, but the molar only 0.4 mm. No skeletal effects were found when the group of subjects treated with a lip bumper was compared with a reference sample of untreated individuals. The main effects of a maxillary lip bumper thus seem to be a widening of the dental arch across the premolars, a moderate increase in arch length due to eruption and slight proclination of the incisors, and moderate distal tipping of the first molars.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

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

UniBE Contributor:

Häsler, Rudolf Ulrich, Ingervall, Bengt Filip

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0141-5387

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Marceline Brodmann

Date Deposited:

05 Aug 2020 16:36

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:13

Publisher DOI:

10.1093/ejo/22.1.25

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.115880

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/115880

Actions (login required)

Edit item Edit item
Provide Feedback