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ArticleDental research journal2024

Efficacy of the combination of myofunctional therapy (lip exercises) and activator high-pull headgear in the closure of interlabial gap in long-face skeletal class II patients with lip incompetence: A 6-8-month longitudinal randomized clinical trial.

Atyie Safar Alizade, Elmira Asadi, Alireza Jafari-Naeimi, Salmeh Kalbassi

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Atyie Safar AlizadeDentist in Private Practice, Vancouver, Canada.
Elmira AsadiDepartment of Orthodontics, Dental Faculty, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza Jafari-NaeimiDepartment of Orthodontics, Dental Faculty, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Salmeh KalbassiOrthodontist, Private Practice, Vancouver, Canada.

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Abstract

Background: Lip incompetence is an important issue in orthodontics. No study has evaluated the effects of the combination of headgear + lip exercises on lip incompetence. Therefore, this study was conducted. Materials and Methods: This was a longitudinal randomized clinical trial on 29 subjects (16 controls and 13 experimental subjects). Both groups were treated with standardized activator high-pull headgear (and followed up monthly) for 6-8 months. In the experimental group, patients were also instructed to practice certain lip exercises 3 sessions a day, 5 times per session. Pre-/post-treatment interlabial gap, upper lip length and vermilion height, lower lip length and vermilion height, nasolabial angle, and profile convexity angle were measured clinically and photographically, immediately before treatment and after it. Data were analyzed using paired/unpaired Results: Lip exercise plus activator headgear significantly changed/improved all parameters ( Conclusion: The addition of lip exercises to activator high-pull headgear can boost activator headgear's efficacy in treating lip incompetence.

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Extraoral traction appliancesmyofunctional therapyorthodonticsrandomized clinical trial

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