The influence of crossbite in early development of mandibular bone asymmetries in paediatric patients.

BACKGROUND: All authors agree that posterior crossbite is a malocclusion that affects mandibular growth and may lead to skeletal asymmetry but there are few data on which age these modifications are easily quantifiable. MATERIAL AND METHODS: For this study, the researchers used x-ray records of 217 children between 6 and 9 years of age, in the mixed dentition stage and with unilateral posterior crossbite. All the horizontal variables were traced and evaluated by the principal researcher, using the tpsDig version 2 computer program. Subsequently, a descriptive and statistical analysis was carried out, using the SPSS 17.0 for Windows program. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: After analysing the vertical mandibular traces on the x-rays, the researchers found, in all cases, quantifiable differences between the crossbite side and the non-crossbite side. The differences between horizontal variables were statistically significant (p<0.005) for the entire sample (H3-H4), in the group of boys (H3-H4) and in the 7-year old age group (H1-H2 and H3-H4). Differences were observed in the size of the horizontal measures between the crossbite side and the non-crossbite side. Some of these differences were significant as a function of the sex and age of the study sample. Key words:Crossbite, Mandibular asymmetry, Panoramic.

Valoración de la microfiltración de Compoglass® en molares temporales / Evaluation of Compoglass® microleakage in primary molars

El propósito de este estudio ha sido evaluar el sellado marginal que proporciona Compoglass® (Vivadent), una resina compuesta modificada con poliácidos, en molares temporales. Se realizaron 12 cavidades de clase II en la superficie distal de 12 molares temporales exodonciados sanos, obturándolas con Compoglass. Tras someterlas a un proceso de envejecimiento, se sellaron los dientes excepto en la zona de las restauraciones y se sumergieron en azul de metileno al 5 por ciento durante 4 horas. Después, se seccionaron longitudinalmente y se fotografiaron a 40 aumentos. La microfiltración se limitó al esmalte dentario en todas las muestras. Sólo se observó filtración en los márgenes gingivales y únicamente en el 36,36 por ciento de las muestras. Compoglass proporciona un sellado marginal aceptable para su uso clínico en la dentición temporal (AU)