Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2012
Spine deviations and orthodontic treatment of asymmetric malocclusions in children.
Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of the early orthodontic correction of functional unilateral posterior crossbite in the mixed dentition period: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Progress in orthodontics · 2022Pooled it
- Spinal deformity and malocclusion association is not supported by high-quality studies: results from a systematic review of the literature.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019Pooled it
- Assessment of the association between C2 vertebral morphology and facial asymmetry using CBCT and panoramic radiography.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- The Correlation between Malocclusion and Body Posture and Cervical Vertebral, Podal System, and Gait Parameters in Children: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Relationship between stomatognathic alterations and idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis of observational studies.EFORT open reviews · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the three-dimensional (3D) position of cervical vertebrae in individuals with unilateral posterior crossbite.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Article
- Juvenile/Adolescent Idiopatic Scoliosis and Rapid Palatal Expansion. A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Relationship between back posture and early orthodontic treatment in children.Head & face medicine · 2021Article
- Relationship between Unilateral Posterior Crossbite and Human Static Body Posture.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Rasterstereographic Analysis of Lateral Shift in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Case Control Study.Advances in orthopedics · 2018Article
- Can different occlusal positions instantaneously impact spine and body posture? : A pilot study using rasterstereography for a three-dimensional evaluation.Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie · 2017Article
- The Validity of Rasterstereography: A Systematic Review.Orthopedic reviews · 2015Review
- Relationships between Malocclusion, Body Posture, and Nasopharyngeal Pathology in Pre-Orthodontic Children.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2015Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this randomized clinical trial was to assess the effect of early orthodontic treatment for unilateral posterior cross bite in the late deciduous and early mixed dentition using orthopedic parameters.
methodsEarly orthodontic treatment was performed by initial maxillary expansion and subsequent activator therapy (Münster treatment concept). The patient sample was initially comprised of 80 patients with unilateral posterior cross bite (mean age 7.3 years, SD 2.1 years). After randomization, 77 children attended the initial examination appointment (therapy = 37, control = 40); 31 children in the therapy group and 35 children in the control group were monitored at the follow-up examination (T2). The mean interval between T1 and T2 was 1.1 years (SD 0.2 years). Rasterstereography was used for back shape analysis at T1 and T2. Using the profile, the kyphotic and lordotic angle, the surface rotation, the lateral deviation, pelvic tilt and pelvic torsion, statistical differences at T1 and T2 between the therapy and control groups were calculated (t-test).Our working hypothesis was, that early orthodontic treatment can induce negative therapeutic changes in body posture through thoracic and lumbar position changes in preadolescents with uniltaral cross bite.
resultsNo clinically relevant differences between the control and the therapy groups at T1 and T2 were found for the parameters of kyphotic and lordotic angle, the surface rotation, lateral deviation, pelvic tilt, and pelvic torsion.
conclusionsOur working hypothesis was tested to be not correct (within the limitations of this study). This randomized clinical trial demonstrates that in a juvenile population with unilateral posterior cross bite the selected early orthodontic treatment protocol does not affect negatively the postural parameters.
trial registrationDRKS00003497 on DRKS.
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