Effects of Tongue Tamers as an Early Treatment of Anterior Open Bite

Tanta University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tongue Habits; Open Bite

Treatments: Device: customized bonded spurs; Device: bonded tongue tamers; Device: conventional fixed palatal spurs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05792553

#R-ORTH-2-23-5

Details and patient eligibility

About

Anterior open bite (AOB) is a malocclusion that causes aesthetic, speech, feeding, and psychological concerns, emphasizing the significance of beginning treatment as soon as possible to correct the disorder. The main etiological determinants of AOB include finger-sucking, pacifiers, and oral habits; hence, it is vital to use interceptive treatments focused on correcting and increasing bite stability during childhood to avoid the need for advanced therapy

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male or female patients in early mixed dentition period with age range 7-9 years
• dental anterior open bite equal to or greater than 1 mm,
• class I malocclusion
• clinical signs of anterior tongue thrusting.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with skeletal open bite
• posterior crossbite
• tooth agenesis or loss of permanent teeth
• crowding,
• systemic diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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75 participants in 3 patient groups

group I: bonded tongue tamers

Experimental group

Description:

25 cases with anterior open bite will be treated using bonded tongue tamers

Treatment:

Device: bonded tongue tamers

group II: customized bonded spurs

Experimental group

Description:

25 cases with anterior open bite will be treated using customized bonded spurs

Treatment:

Device: customized bonded spurs

group III: conventional fixed palatal spurs

Active Comparator group

Description:

25 cases with anterior open bite will be treated using conventional fixed palatal spurs

Treatment:

Device: conventional fixed palatal spurs