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The European Journal of Orthodontics 1990 12(4):447-457; doi:10.1093/ejo/12.4.447
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Anterior open bite treatment with magnets

Stavros Kiliaridis, Inger Egermark and Birgit Thilander

Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Odontology, University of Göteborg Sweden

Address for correspondence: Dr Stavros Kiliaridis, University of Göteborg, Faculty of Odontology, Department of Orthodontics, Box 33070, S-400 33 Göteborg, Sweden

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of repelling magnets on the treatment of anterior open bite and compare them with the effects of acrylic posterior bite-blocks.

Twenty patients, aged 9–16 years with skeletal anterior open bite, were randomly divided into two groups. In one group the patients wore posterior repelling magnet splints and in the other they wore acrylic posterior bite-blocks of the same thickness as the magnet splints. The patients were instructed to use their appliance as much as possible (the minimum accepted being 18 hours daily) during a 6-month period.

Dental casts, intra-oral photos, and lateral cephalograms were taken before and after treatment, and the patients were also examined regularly to identify the development of any craniomandibular disorders.

In the first group, the dental and skeletal vertical relation responded quickly to the magnet treatment. The open bite was generally closed in just under 4 months, especially in patients in early mixed dentition. Spacing in the labial segments decreased in some cases, while slight crowding was induced in others. Transverse problems, i.e. unilateral cross-bite, sometimes followed by scissor-bite on the opposite side, was observed in those patients who were in the early mixed dentition and had used the magnets intensively.

The patients who wore acrylic posterior bite-blocks also showed improvement in the dental and skeletal vertical relationships, especially during the first months. This was followed by a ‘plateau’ period. No transverse problems were found in these patients.


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