[Diagnosis and treatment of cross-bite in children].
Transverse maxillomandibular discrepancies are a major component of several malocclusions. They must be prematurely detected and treated. The causes are parafunctional, dysfunctional or kinetic. The different clinical forms encountered are alveolar (endoalveolia) or skeletal (endognathia), which may be associated with a kinetic anomaly. Orthopedic and orthodontic forces are used routinely to correct a maxillary transverse deficiency in a young patient to achieve harmonious growth.
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Service d'orthopédie dentofaciale, hôpital La Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France. msjlegall@aol.com
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D009972:Orthodontics, Interceptive