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Abstract

Malocclusion was a biological variation, which where happened deviate
from normal relations between teeth in one jaw arch and in the
contradictory jaw arch. Malocclusion was connected with thefunction
oftheface muscle, chewing muscles, andtongue muscles thatwas
abnormal. In a situation which anterior maxillary teeth were visible,
experienced pro verdigris, overbite, over jet that was too big, as well as
open bite. The main cause was possibly by disharmony of the relations
between oral and perioral muscles. One of the various early stages of
malocclusion in child therapy was mainly to correct the protrusive state
was the oral screen. This case study conducted to report the using of
oral screen as one of the effective equipment that was very easy using
to correct anterior maxillary teeth protrusive. The case represents a ten
years old boy with anterior maxillary teeth protrusive, malocclusion class
I division.1 that came to the FKG-UNPAD specialist dental clinic in
Bandung. Protrusive of the maxillary anterior teeth was the chief
complaint. Other complaints were, the lips could not close totally, and
could chew food well. In the early measurement, over jet was obtained
as big as J 3 mm, and overbite 8 mm. After using the oral screen for 4
months, the overjet became 9 mm, and overbite became 5 mm. from
this case, it can be concluded that therapy using oral screen for 4
months, 12 to 16 hours daily can improve the overjet and overbite of the
patient, improve profile of the patient, namely lips position, and its
relation to anterior teeth

Pages

116-128

Rights

©2016Muh. Harun Achmad

DOI

10.15562/jdmfs.v6i2.185

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