title: Treatment effects of bonded spurs associated with high-pull chincup therapy in the treatment of patients with anterior open bite.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this prospective clinical study was to investigate the cephalometric changes produced by bonded spurs associated with high-pull chincup therapy in children with Angle Class I malocclusion and anterior open bite.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty patients with an initial mean age of 8.14 years and a mean anterior open bite of -3.93 mm were treated with bonded spurs associated with chincup therapy for 12 months. An untreated control group of 30 subjects with an initial mean age of 8.36 years and a mean anterior open bite of -3.93 mm and the same malocclusion was followed for 12 months for comparison. Student t tests were used for intergroup comparisons.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The treated group demonstrated a significantly greater decrease of the gonial angle, and increase in overbite, palatal tipping of the maxillary incisors, and vertical dentoalveolar development of the maxillary and mandibular incisors compared with the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association of bonded spurs with high-pull chincup therapy was efficient for the correction of the open bite in 86.7% of the patients, with a 5.23-mm (SD, ±1.69) overbite increase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil. michellecassis@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Michelle Alonso
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cassis
authors.forename: Renato Rodrigues
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Janson
authors.forename: Renata Rodrigues
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: de Almeida-Pedrin
authors.forename: Márcio Rodrigues
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D024343:Open Bite / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology; D014716:Vertical Dimension