Análisis transversal del maxilar superior en niños con dentición mixta, Clínica UCSG semestre B-2018.

Abstract

Introduction: The maxillary transverse dimension is considered as the width of the dental arch in relation to dental development and maxillary skeletal growth. Among the types of alterations, we have maxillary atresia whose characteristic is the decrease of the transverse dimension and deep palate; Its treatment of choice depends on the diagnosis of each patient. Objective: To transversally analyze the maxilla in children with mixed dentition, from the UCSG clinic. Materials and Methods: Transversal observational descriptive study. Sample was 45 children of both sexes with mixed dentition. The maxillary transverse diameter and its etiology were analyzed. The percentage in the results was used as a summary measure. Results: There was a greater frequency of slightly increased transverse dimension pretreatment (76%), and in the posttreatment stage there was an increase in 98% of the sample; Oral habits as a 91% most prevalent etiologic factor; among the most prevalent oral breathing, (46%); followed by prolonged use of the bottle, (34%). In intermaxillary relationship, 100% presented a normal molar transverse relationship. The most frequent type of treatment was the circuit breaker 51% and the expander 49%, average cross-sectional dimension after treatment 34.93 in 98% and absence of incisal diastema 58%. Conclusions: The palatal expansion treatment was effective in its entirety. Among the deforming habits is oral breathing, and prolonged use of the bottle as the most prevalent. The transversal relationship of the normal occlusion in its entirety.