The Use of a Pacifier to Correct Malocclusions in Young Children

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

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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