Downloads: 14 | Views: 288 | Weekly Hits: ⮙1 | Monthly Hits: ⮙1
Case Studies | Dentistry | India | Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024 | Rating: 5.2 / 10
Effective Management of Incompitent Lips with Mouth Breathing and Tongue Trusting Habit using Myobrace Appliance
Dr. Savitha Sathyaprasad, Dr Akshata Gangur
Abstract: Growing children develop malocclusion due to interaction of growth habits and imbalance in peri - oral and intraoral musculature creating balance and equilibrium among them, there by intercepting habits at a early stage can completely or partially prevent malocclusion.1 Myofunctional appliances form an integral part of the interceptive orthodontics.2 Myobrace appliance is one such preformed myofunctional orthodontic device which is designed for the treatment of malocclusion in the patient in late mixed dentition.3 Its mechanism of action is a combination of a myofunctional device and a tooth positioner.4 We present a case report of a developing malocclusion in late mixed dentition stage which was intercepted successfully using this appliances.
Keywords: Malocclusion, Myofunctional appliances, Interceptive orthodontices, Myobrace, Mixed dentition
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024,
Pages: 361 - 364