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The Use of a Pacifier to Correct Malocclusions in Young Children

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University Hospital Basel

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Malocclusion

Treatments

Behavioral: Stop habit
Device: Functional Pacifier

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03513003
UZB-Pacifier

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of a pacifier (102 Medical Pacifier, Curaprox, Switzerland) on malocclusions like posterior crossbite, anterior open bite, larger overjet and tongue dysfunction in young children.

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

2 to 5 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Children who are sucking the pacifier and / or baby bottle for the last 6 months in use.
  • Manifesting posterior crossbite in which minium 1 tooth and/or edge to edge in the region deciduous canines and/or deciduous molars, with or without forced bite.

AND / OR

  • Manifesting anterior open bite in which the overbite has negative values or edge to edge (≤ 0), with or without tongue thrust.

Exclusion criteria

  • Children who are thumb- or fingersucking (or sucking other objects)
  • syndromic or cleft patients
  • patients with history of cranio-facial trauma, history of temporomandibular joint infection or musculo-skeletal asymmetry (e.g. scoliosis, torticollis)
  • patients with systematic diseases
  • patients currently under or after orthodontic Treatment
  • patients with ankylosed teeth (e.g. after dental trauma).

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Functional pacifier
Experimental group
Description:
Swap from the habitual pacifier to a functional pacifier
Treatment:
Device: Functional Pacifier
Stop habit
Active Comparator group
Description:
Stop the use of the habitual pacifier and or baby bottle
Treatment:
Behavioral: Stop habit

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Carlalberta Verna, DDS, PhD

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