Open AccessAssessment of oral health literacy of principal caregivers and its association with dental caries in Mexican disabled pediatric patients
Author(s) -
Julio Carlos Garnica-Palazuelos,
Mercedes Bermúdez,
Juan Luis Cota-Quintero,
Gerardo Bueno-Acuña,
Sandra Santana-Delgado,
Ana Delia Larrinúa-Pacheco,
Claudia Ivette Bujanda-Ríos,
Maricela Ramírez-Álvarez,
Carlos Villegas-Mercad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
contemporary pediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2757-5705
DOI - 10.51463/cpd.2021.89
Subject(s) - medicine , malocclusion , occlusion , dentistry , etiology , orthodontics , tongue , amelogenesis imperfecta , surgery , pathology , psychiatry , enamel paint
Open bite can be defined as an absence of occlusion, most frequently located in the anterior region of dental arches and its etiology is multifactorial. We present a clinical case of an 8 years and 10 months child presenting an anterior open bite (AOB) with transverse maxillary deficiency caused by tongue thrust during mixed dentition. The malocclusion was corrected by means of a McNamara expander with a palatal crib jointly with the association of speech therapy for tongue repositioning, and otolaryngology to treat adenoid hypertrophy due to its correlation with AOB. The multidisciplinary approach was effective in correcting the malocclusion with stable results after 2 years post-treatment.