title: [Fixed appliance therapy in patients with impaired short-circuit in the anterior part of the maxilla].
abstract: Malocclusion in the anterior segment of maxilla and mandible are easily visible not only for dentists but also for the doctors of other specialties. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy is important not only for occlusion but also for aesthetic reasons.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the paper is to evaluate the anterior segment of maxilla and mandible in patients with malocclusion in this part and correct occlusion in the lateral segments.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical documentation, i.e. medical history, extra- and intraoral radiograms, diagnostic casts, panoramic and lateral cephalometric radiograms of patients aged 7-12 diagnosed with malocclusion in the anterior segment of maxilla and mandible and who were treated with a fixed sectional appliance and facemask was analyzed. Descriptive and cephalometric features were analyzed before (T1) and after (T2) the treatment in 25 children. The differences between the status before and after the treatment, and the extent of change between T1 and T2 were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistical analysis of mean values of selected metrical features before (at T1) and after (at T2) the treatment has revealed that all metrical features concerning soft, bony and dental tissues determining the facial profile, the shape of the bony and dental structures have changed and have reached values which are closer to the norm for the population for selected features. The changes were statistically significant (p<0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment with fixed appliances segment facemask resulted in statistically significant improvement in the parameters investigated, which demonstrates the applicability of this therapy in the treatment of anterior maxillary segment in patients with mixed dentition.
authors: Chair and Department of Maxillofacial Orthopaedics and Orthodontics, Medical University of Poznan, Poland; Orthodontic Department Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Matthews-Brzozowska
authors: Orto-Aidi Dental Clinic, Poznan, Poland.
authors: Małgorzata
authors: M
authors: Pobol-Aidi
authors: Orthodontic Department Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Dorota
authors: D
authors: Cudziło
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: facemask; fixed appliance; malocclusion; orthodontic