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Extra-oral appliances in orthodontic treatment

From Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2016 | Pages 74-82

Authors

Mohammed Almuzian

BDS(Hons), MDSc(Orth), MSc HCA(USA), DClinDent Ortho(UK), MFDS RCS(Edin), MFD RCS(Ire), MJDF RCS(Glasg), MOrth RCS(Edin), MARCDS Ortho(Australia), IMOrth, RCSEng/Glasg

Lecturer in Orthodontics, Sydney Dental Hospital and School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

Articles by Mohammed Almuzian

Fahad Alharbi

BDS, MOrth RCSEd

Orthodontic PhD student, Dental School, University of Dundee

Articles by Fahad Alharbi

Grant McIntyre

BDS, FDS RCPS, MOrth RCSEd, PhD, FDS(Orth) RCPS, FHEA, FDS RCSEd, FDTFEd, FDS(Hon)RCPS

Consultant/Honorary Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics, Dundee Dental Hospital and School, 2 Park Place, Dundee, DD1 4HR, UK

Articles by Grant McIntyre

Abstract

Extra-oral appliances are used in orthodontics to apply forces to the jaws, dentition or both and the popularity of these appliances is cyclical. Although the use of retraction headgear for the management of Class II malocclusion has declined over the last 20 years with the refinement of non-compliance approaches, including temporary anchorage devices, headgear still has a useful role in orthodontics. The use of protraction headgear has increased as more evidence of its effectiveness for the treatment of Class III malocclusion has become available. This paper describes the mechanics and contemporary uses of headgear in orthodontics for primary care dentists and specialist orthodontists.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: Extra-oral appliances have specific uses in orthodontic biomechanics. Clinicians using retraction headgear and protraction headgear should be familiar with their clinical indications, the potential problems and how these can be avoided.

Article

Extra-oral forces used in orthodontic treatment require the use of headgear. After the introduction of retraction headgear by Norman W Kingsley in the late 1800s, headgear use increased with the popularization of the first generation of fixed appliances and retraction headgear by Edward H Angle. Retraction headgear use reduced dramatically in the 1920s with the introduction of intra-oral elastics as these were believed to provide equivalent forces.1 In the 1940s, the increasing use of cephalometric radiography in orthodontics led to concerns about the adverse effects of intra-oral elastic traction, including proclination of lower incisors and retroclination of upper incisors. As a result, headgear use increased again. Although the use of retraction headgear has declined steadily with the introduction of the non-compliance fixed appliance, distalizing appliances, including the pendulum appliance, lip bumper appliances and temporary anchorage devices (TADs), headgear remains the standard for anchorage reinforcement and maxillary arch distalization. Enthusiasm is increasing for the use of protraction headgear for the treatment of Class III malocclusion and patients affected by hypodontia where space closure may result in a reverse overjet.

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