ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:Buccal multiloop appliance in the clinical treatment of Class III malocclusion has good results, but also exhibits some problems and deficiencies in the application process. OBJECTIVE:To summarize the clinical problems and corresponding solutions of buccal multiloop appliance. METHODS:A computer-based search of Wanfang, CNKI and PubMed databases were performed for articles related to buccal multiloop appliance published from 2000 to 2013. The key words were buccal multiloop, Class III malocclusion, clinical application in Chinese and English. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with other appliances, the buccal multiloop appliance appears to have some unique advantages. The buccal multiloop appliance with the soft elastic role cannot only promote growth and development of the maxilary, but also inhibit the excessive growth of the maxilary and trigger mandibular functional shift, thereby achieving crossbite correction. Therefore, the buccal multiloop appliance can have good achievements in the clinical crossbite correction of the deciduous and permanent teeth. For patients with Class III malocclusion, the buccal multiloop appliance also shows good results, and the corresponding clinical problems and deficiencies appear to be resolved one by one accordingly. So the buccal multiloop appliance is highly efficient for crossbite correction.