アブストラクト（20巻2号：The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College）

The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College

English

Title　： A Study on Open Bite of the Deciduous Dentition Caused by Thumb-Sucking : II. Treatment of Severe Open Bite
Subtitle　： ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Authors　： Noboru Uchimura, Hisaaki Shinji
Authors（kana）　：
Organization　： Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental College
Journal　： The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College
Volume　： 20
Number　： 2
Page　： 135-146
Year/Month　： 1992 / 9
Article　： Original article
Publisher　： Kanagawa Odontological Society
Abstract　： [Abstract] As mentioned in our previous report (Part 1), treatment of an anterior open bite (minus overbite, within 3.0 mm, caused by thumb sucking) by the mitten therapy resulted in recovery of a good overbite and morphological improvement of the deciduous dentition. In some cases where the anterior open bite was accompanied by tongue thrusting, suppression of the thumb-sucking habit did not lead to satisfactory improvement of the open bite. In such cases, we applied a removable tongue crib (for anterior open bite) and an activator (for upper anterior protrusion). This therapy corrected the abnormalities in several months.
Practice　： Dentistry
Keywords　： Thumb-Sucking, Open Bite, Deciduous Dentition, Mitten Therapy, Tongue Crib, Activator