Question · asked by 1 review
Removable appliance with palatal crib associated with high-pull chincup vs no treatment: Failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed)
- Population
- Children and adolescents (over 80% aged 16 years or younger at treatment start) with anterior open bite (lack of vertical overlap or contact of the upper and lower incisors); sucking habits stopped 1 year or more before treatment; excluding class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate, or other craniofacial syndrome
- Intervention
- Removable appliance with palatal crib associated with high-pull chincup
- Comparison
- no treatment
- Outcome
- Failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed)
Removable appliance with palatal crib associated with high-pull… led to lower failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Removable appliance with palatal crib associated with high-pull chincup vs No treatment Failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed) · Children and adolescents (over 80% aged 16 years or younger at treatment start) with anterior open bite (lack of… · End of treatment (12 months) Removable appliance with palatal crib associated with high-pull… led to lower failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported. Orthodontic and orthopaedic treatment for anterior open bite in children (2014) · Cochrane All outcomes | RR 0.23 [0.11, 0.48] | 1 study · 60 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthodontic and orthopaedic treatment for anterior open bite in children 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2014-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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