Open AccessEarly treatment of Class II malocclusions with the Klammt’s Elastic Open Activator (KEOA). Case report
Author(s) -
Antonio Bedoya,
Álvaro Chacón
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista estomatologia/revista estomatologâia/revista estomatología y salud
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-7220
pISSN - 0121-3873
DOI - 10.25100/re.v17i2.5697
Subject(s) - malocclusion , orthopedic surgery , medicine , orthodontics , dentistry , activator (genetics) , open bite , surgery , receptor
Summary: Treatment of malocclusions at earlyages is more frequent in modern dentistry. The maxillar functional orthopaedics provides differenttherapeutic that facilitate the correction of malocclusion allowing patients to reach during childdevelopment. The functional orthopaedic devices allow the correction of different maxillaryalterations in a fast and efficient way. This is accompanied by integral and functional attention ofthe patient, to obtain the correction of the maloclussion. The Elastic Open Activator of Klammt(AAEK) was designed by George Klammt in Germany more than 50 years ago, and it is a good electionfor the early correction of the class II malocclusions supporting the treatment in right diagnosis.Key words: Early childhood caries. Dmf. ICDAS.