Tratamiento ortodóntico para la mordida profunda y dientes frontales superiores lingualizados en niños
Resumen
Antecedentes
Una maloclusión de clase II división 2 se caracteriza por dientes frontales superiores lingualizados (inclinados hacia el paladar) y una sobremordida aumentada (sobremordida profunda o cubierta), que puede causar problemas bucales y puede afectar a la apariencia.
Este problema puede corregirse mediante el uso de aparatos dentales especiales (aparatos funcionales) que mueven los dientes frontales superiores hacia adelante y cambian el crecimiento de la mandíbula superior o inferior, o ambas. La mayoría de los tipos de aparatos funcionales son extraíbles y este enfoque de tratamiento no suele requerir la extracción de ningún diente permanente. Puede ser necesario un tratamiento adicional con aparatos fijos para asegurar el mejor resultado.
Un enfoque alternativo es proporcionar espacio para la corrección de los dientes delanteros moviendo los dientes molares hacia atrás. Esto se hace aplicando una fuerza a los dientes desde la parte posterior de la cabeza utilizando un casco ortopédico para la cabeza y transmitiendo esta fuerza a una parte de un aparato dental fijo o removible que se fija a los dientes posteriores. El tratamiento puede realizarse con o sin extracción de dientes permanentes.
Si no es posible el uso de casco, los dientes posteriores pueden mantenerse en su lugar mediante bandas conectadas a una barra fija colocado a través del paladar o en contacto con la parte delantera del paladar. Este tratamiento suele requerir la extracción de dos dientes permanentes del centro del arco superior (uno a cada lado).
Objetivos
Establecer si el tratamiento de ortodoncia que no incluye la extracción de dientes permanentes produce un resultado diferente a l de ningún tratamiento ortodóntico o el tratamiento ortodóntico que incluye la extracción de los dientes permanentes, en niños con una maloclusión de Clase II división 2.
Métodos de búsqueda
El especialista en información del Grupo Cochrane de Salud Oral (Cochrane Oral Health Group) realizó una búsqueda en las siguientes bases de datos electrónicas: registro de ensayos del Grupo Cochrane de Salud Oral (Cochrane Oral Health Group) (hasta el 13 noviembre 2017), Registro Cochrane Central de Ensayos Controlados (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library, 2017, número 10), MEDLINE Ovid (1946 hasta 13 noviembre 2017), y en Embase Ovid (1980 hasta el 13 de noviembre de 2016). Se buscaron ensayos en curso en el US National Institutes of Health Ongoing Trials Registry (ClinicalTrials.gov) y en la Plataforma de registros internacionales de ensayos clínicos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (apps.who.int/trialsearch). También se contactó con investigadores internacionales que probablemente participaran en cualquier ensayo clínico de clase II división 2.
Criterios de selección
Ensayos controlados aleatorizados (ECA) y ensayos clínicos controlados (ECC) de tratamientos ortodónticos para corregir la mordida profunda y los dientes frontales superiores lingualizados en los niños.
Obtención y análisis de los datos
Dos autores de la revisión, de forma independiente, examinaron los resultados de la búsqueda para seleccionar estudios aptos, y habrían extraído los datos y evaluado el riesgo de sesgo de los ensayos incluidos. Se había previsto utilizar un metanálisis de efectos aleatorios; expresar las estimaciones de los efectos como diferencias medias para los resultados continuos y riesgos relativos para los resultados dicotómicos, con intervalos de confianza del 95%; e investigar cualquier heterogeneidad clínica o metodológica.
Resultados principales
No se identificó ningún ECA o ECC que evaluara el tratamiento de la maloclusión de clase II división 2 en niños.
Conclusiones de los autores
No hay evidencia de ensayos clínicos para recomendar o desaconsejar ningún tipo de tratamiento ortodóntico para corregir la maloclusión de clase II división 2 en niños. Parece improbable que esta situación cambie, ya que los ensayos para evaluar el mejor tratamiento de la maloclusión de la Clase II división 2 son difíciles de diseñar y llevar a cabo debido a la baja prevalencia, las dificultades de reclutamiento y los problemas éticos de la aleatorización.
PICO
Resumen en términos sencillos
Tratamiento ortodóntico para la mordida profunda y dientes frontales superiores retroinclinados en niños
Antecedentes
La ortodoncia se ocupa del crecimiento de las mandíbulas y la cara, el desarrollo de los dientes y la manera en que los dientes y la mandíbula muerden. Idealmente, los dientes frontales inferiores muerden a la mitad de la superficie trasera de los dientes frontales superiores. Cuando los dientes frontales inferiores muerden más allá de los dientes frontales superiores de lo que sería lo ideal, esto se conoce como una maloclusión de Clase II. Una maloclusión de clase II división 2 se caracteriza por dientes frontales superiores retroinclinados (inclinados hacia el paladar) y una sobremordida aumentada (superposición vertical de los dientes frontales), que puede causar problemas bucales y puede afectar a la apariencia.
Este problema puede corregirse mediante el uso de aparatos dentales especiales (aparatos funcionales) que mueven los dientes frontales superiores hacia adelante y cambian el crecimiento de la mandíbula superior o inferior, o ambas. Estos aparatos pueden ser retirados de la boca y este enfoque no suele requerir la extracción de ningún diente permanente. Puede ser necesario un tratamiento adicional con aparatos fijos para asegurar el mejor resultado.
Un enfoque alternativo es proporcionar espacio para la corrección de los dientes delanteros moviendo los dientes molares hacia atrás. Esto se hace aplicando una fuerza a los dientes desde la parte posterior de la cabeza utilizando un casco ortopédico para la cabeza y transmitiendo esta fuerza a una parte de un aparato dental fijo o removible que se fija a los dientes posteriores. El tratamiento puede realizarse con o sin extracción de dientes permanentes.
Si no es posible el uso de cascos, los dientes posteriores pueden mantenerse en su lugar mediante bandas conectadas a un arco fijo colocado a través del paladar o en contacto con la parte delantera del paladar. Este tratamiento suele requerir la extracción de dos dientes permanentes del centro del arco superior (uno a cada lado).
Objetivo
Se realizó esta revisión Cochrane para averiguar si el tratamiento ortodóntico sin la extracción de los dientes permanentes tenía efectos diferentes a los de ningún tratamiento ortodóntico o el tratamiento ortodóntico que incluye la extracción de los dientes permanentes, en niños con una maloclusión de Clase II división 2.
Métodos
Se realizaron búsquedas en la literatura científica hasta el 13 de noviembre de 2017 y no se encontraron estudios relevantes para incluir en esta revisión.
Resultados
No existen ensayos clínicos que evalúen si el tratamiento de ortodoncia, realizado sin la extracción de dientes permanentes, es mejor o peor que ningún tratamiento de ortodoncia o tratamiento de ortodoncia que implique la extracción de dientes permanentes, en niños con maloclusión de Clase II división 2.
Conclusiones de los autores
No hay evidencia de ensayos clínicos que recomiende o desaliente ningún tipo de tratamiento ortodóntico para corregir los dientes de los niños cuya mordida es profunda y cuyos dientes frontales superiores están inclinados hacia el paladar. Parece poco probable que se realicen ensayos para evaluar este tratamiento, ya que son difíciles de diseñar y de llevar a cabo.
Authors' conclusions
Summary of findings
| Orthodontic intervention (without extraction) compared with extraction or no orthodontic intervention for treating deep bite and retroclined upper front teeth in children | ||||||
| Patient or population: children with deep bite and retroclined upper front teeth Settings: orthodontic clinic Intervention: orthodontic treatment Comparison: extraction or no treatment | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect | Number of Participants | Quality of the evidence | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| Extraction or no treatment | Orthodontic treatment | |||||
| Dento‐occlusal results of treatment, measured with the PAR index | No data are available as no RCTs or CCTs have been conducted. | |||||
| *The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). | ||||||
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence | ||||||
Background
Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with the growth of the jaws and face, the development of the teeth, and the way the teeth and jaws bite together. It also involves treatment of the teeth and jaws when they are irregular or bite in an abnormal way, or both. Teeth may not bite together correctly due to any combination of problems in the positioning of the teeth, jaws, lips, tongue or cheeks; these can be affected in some cases by a habit, such as thumb sucking, or by the way in which people breathe (Shaw 1991). The need for orthodontic treatment can be determined by looking at the effect any particular tooth position has on the life expectancy of the teeth or by the effect that the appearance of the teeth has on how people feel about themselves, or both (Shaw 1991).
Description of the condition
Ideally the lower front teeth bite in the middle of the back surface of the upper front teeth. When the lower front teeth bite further behind the upper front teeth than ideal, this is known as a Class II malocclusion. The upper jaw can be too far forward or, more usually, the lower jaw is too far back. The upper front teeth may stick out (Class II division 1 malocclusion) if the lower lip catches behind them or as a result of a habit, such as thumb‐sucking (Shaw 1980). Management of prominent upper front teeth (Class II division 1 malocclusion) in children is the subject of a separate systematic review (Thiruvenkatachari 2013).
A Class II division 2 malocclusion is a type of orthodontic problem characterised by retroclined (tilted toward the roof of the mouth) upper front teeth and an increased overbite (vertical overlap of the front teeth), although there is variation in the severity of each of these (Millett 2012; Bilgic 2015; Dimberg 2015). Aesthetic impairments and trauma to the palatal or lower labial gingivae are frequently reported by people with this problem. Sometimes the deep overbite is so severe that the front teeth bite into the gums either behind the upper front teeth or in front of the lower front teeth producing damage (traumatic overbite) (Wragg 1990). The incidence of Class II division 2 malocclusion is reported to be about 10% within the UK population (Houston 1996), but prevalence of 18% has been reported in the Croatian population (Legovic 1999). Recent Swedish and Turkish studies have reported lower prevalence, from 1.8% to 4.7% (Bilgic 2015; Dimberg 2015). This type of malocclusion has a strong genetic link (Markovic 1992; Mossey 1999).
The appearance of the upper front teeth and the deep bite of the upper and lower front teeth are reasons why people with this type of problem seek orthodontic treatment (O'Brien 1993). Class II division 2 malocclusion is also associated with a greater percentage of upper permanent canines failing to erupt as a result of them following an abnormal pathway towards the palate/roof of the mouth (Mossey 1999; Al‐Nimri 2005).
Correction of the Class II division 2 malocclusion may be carried out using several types of orthodontic (dental brace) treatment, but the evidence regarding management is weak and highly biased (Millett 2012). People with severe Class II division 2 malocclusions may require surgery to the jaws in combination with orthodontics.
Description of the intervention
In growing children, treatment may sometimes be carried out using special upper and lower dental braces (functional appliances) that can be removed from the mouth (Dyer 2001). They usually work by correcting the position of the upper and lower front teeth and modifying the growth of the upper or lower jaws, or both (growth modification). In many cases this treatment does not involve taking out any permanent teeth but often further treatment is needed with fixed braces to get the best result; such braces are glued to the teeth.
In other cases, treatment aims to move the molar teeth backwards to provide space for the correction of the front teeth. This may be carried out by applying a force to the teeth and jaws from the back of the head using a head brace (headgear) and transmitting this force to part of a fixed or removable dental brace that is attached to the back teeth (Litt 1984). This treatment may or may not involve the removal of permanent teeth.
Other options do exist and may include fixed brace treatment without extraction of permanent teeth, with neither functional appliances nor headgear (Selwyn‐Barnett 1996).
As an alternative to headgear, the back teeth can be held back in other ways such as with an arch across the roof of the mouth or in contact with the front of the roof of the mouth which links the two back teeth. Often in these cases, two permanent teeth are taken out from the middle of the upper arch (one on each side) to provide room to correct the position of the upper front teeth (Paquette 1992).
In severe cases, particularly in adults, treatment may require a combination of dental braces and surgery to the jaws to correct the position of the teeth and the bite (Arvystas 1979). Our review does not evaluate this treatment option, which is not generally used for children.
Why it is important to do this review
Cochrane Oral Health undertook an extensive prioritisation exercise in 2014 to identify a core portfolio of titles that were considered most clinically important to maintain on the Cochrane Library (Worthington 2015). The orthodontic expert panel identified this review as a priority title (Cochrane Oral Health priority review portfolio).
It is important for orthodontists to establish whether orthodontic treatment alone, carried out without the removal of permanent teeth, in children with a Class II division 2 malocclusion, produces a result that is any different from no orthodontic treatment or orthodontic treatment involving extraction of permanent teeth.
We did not consider combined orthodontic treatment and surgery to the jaws in this review.
Objectives
To evaluate the effectiveness of:
(1) orthodontic treatment only for Class II division 2 malocclusion in children (aged ≤ 16 years) versus no treatment in terms of:
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dento‐occlusal results of treatment, measured with the Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) index;
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cephalometric measurements (A Point‐Nasion‐B Point (ANB) change and front teeth inclination changes);
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participant discomfort;
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gingival and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) symptoms;
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side effects;
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quality of life;
(2) orthodontic treatment only for Class II division 2 malocclusion in children (aged ≤ 16 years) that does not involve extraction of permanent teeth versus orthodontic treatment involving extraction of permanent teeth in terms of:
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dento‐occlusal results of treatment, measured with the PAR index;
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number of visits to complete treatment;
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duration of treatment;
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cephalometric measurements (ANB change and front teeth inclination changes);
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participant discomfort;
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gingival and TMJ symptoms;
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side effects;
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quality of life.
Methods
Criteria for considering studies for this review
Types of studies
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials (CCTs) of orthodontic treatments to correct deep bite and retroclined upper front teeth in children.
Types of participants
We planned to include trials that recruited participants (80% aged ≤ 16 years) receiving orthodontic treatment to correct deep bite and retroclined upper front teeth.
We planned to exclude trials of participants with a cleft lip or palate, or both, or other craniofacial deformity/syndrome, and trials in which participants had received surgical treatment for their Class II malocclusion.
Types of interventions
Active interventions: orthodontic braces (removable, fixed, functional) or head braces with or without extraction of permanent teeth.
Control: no treatment or delayed treatment.
Types of outcome measures
Primary outcomes
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Dento‐occlusal results of treatment, measured with the PAR index
Secondary outcomes
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Number of visits required to complete treatment and the duration of treatment (for objective 2)
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Cephalometric measurements (ANB change and front teeth inclination changes)
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Participant discomfort
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Gingival and TMJ symptoms
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Side effects
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Quality of life
Where appropriate, we planned to group outcome data into those measured post‐phase I (growth modification phase) and post‐phase II (fixed brace phase), to record and report post‐retention outcomes and to consider examining outcome data reported at other time points.
Search methods for identification of studies
Electronic searches
Cochrane Oral Health’s Information Specialist conducted systematic searches in the following databases for RCTs and CCTs:
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Cochrane Oral Health's Trials Register (searched 13 November 2017) (see Appendix 1);
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Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; 2017, Issue 10) in the Cochrane Library (searched 13 November 2017) (see Appendix 2);
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MEDLINE Ovid (1946 to 13 November 2017) (see Appendix 3);
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Embase Ovid (1980 to 13 November 2017) (see Appendix 4).
No language, publication year or publication status restrictions were imposed.
Subject strategies were modelled on the search strategy designed for MEDLINE Ovid. Where appropriate, we combined these strategies with subject strategy adaptations of the highly sensitive search strategy designed by Cochrane for identifying RCTs and CCTs, as described in Chapter 6 of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Lefebvre 2011).
Searching other resources
The following resources were searched for ongoing trials:
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US National Institutes of Health Trials Register (ClinicalTrials.gov; searched 13 November 2017) (see Appendix 5);
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World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (apps.who.int/trialsearch; searched 13 November 2017) (see Appendix 6).
We planned to contact all first authors of trials in an attempt to identify any unpublished studies and clarify information about published trials (including missing data, method of randomisation, blinding and withdrawals). We intended to screen the references cited in the included studies for any further trials. We wrote to international researchers potentially involved in Class II division 2 malocclusion clinical trials in an attempt to identify unpublished/ongoing RCTs or CCTs.
A separate search for the adverse effects of interventions used was not performed.
Data collection and analysis
Selection of studies
Two review authors (DTM and CMO or SC) independently scanned the titles and abstracts (when available) of all reports identified. When studies appeared to meet the inclusion criteria, or there was insufficient information in the title and abstract to make a decision, we obtained the full report and two review authors assessed it independently to establish whether the inclusion criteria were met or not. We planned to resolve any disagreements by discussion, consulting a third review author if necessary. We had planned to carry out 'Risk of bias' assessments of all studies meeting the inclusion criteria, to extract relevant data and to record all studies rejected at this or subsequent stages in a table of excluded studies, together with the reasons for exclusion. The review authors were not to be blinded to author(s), institution or site of publication.
Data extraction and management
For each trial, we planned to enter the following information on a customised data collection form.
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Year of publication, country of origin, setting and source of study funding.
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Details on the type of interventions including appliance type.
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Details of the participants including demographic characteristics, criteria for inclusion and exclusion, and sample size by study group.
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Details of the outcomes reported, including method of assessment and time intervals.
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Details of withdrawals by study group.
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Details of outcomes, including measures and timepoints.
Assessment of risk of bias in included studies
We planned for two review authors to independently assess random sequence generation, allocation concealment, blinding of participants, blinding of outcome assessors, incomplete outcome data, selective outcome reporting and 'other issues' for each study, using the 'Risk of bias' tool recommended for Cochrane Reviews (Higgins 2011). For blinding, we would have noted any outcomes where participants self‐assessed. We would have categorised the overall risk of bias for each study as follows.
| Risk of bias | Interpretation | Within a study | Across studies |
| Low risk of bias | Plausible bias unlikely to seriously alter the results | Low risk of bias for all key domains | Most information is from studies at low risk of bias |
| Unclear risk of bias | Plausible bias that raises some doubt about the results | Unclear risk of bias for one or more key domains | Most information is from studies at low or unclear risk of bias |
| High risk of bias | Plausible bias that seriously weakens confidence in the results | High risk of bias for one or more key domains | The proportion of information from studies at high risk of bias is sufficient to affect the interpretation of results |
Measures of treatment effect
We planned to calculate risk ratios, the number needed to treat for an additional beneficial/harmful outcome and corresponding 95% confidence intervals, for dichotomous data, and the mean difference and 95% confidence intervals for continuous data. We would have used the fixed‐effect model for all meta‐analyses unless there were more than three trials included, in which case we would have used a random‐effects model.
Assessment of heterogeneity
We planned to assess heterogeneity using Cochran's test and the I2 statistic, which describes the percentage of total variation across studies that is due to heterogeneity rather than chance. We planned to assess clinical heterogeneity by examining the types of participants and interventions for all outcomes in each study.
Data synthesis
We planned to follow Cochrane statistical guidelines. We would have included only studies of similar comparisons reporting the same outcome measures in meta‐analyses. We planned to analyse the data using Review Manager software (RevMan 2014).
Subgroup analysis and investigation of heterogeneity
We planned a subgroup analysis based on the age (stage of dental development) at which treatment was undertaken.
Sensitivity analysis
We planned to conduct sensitivity analysis based on risk of bias (i.e. including studies at low risk of bias only).
Results
Description of studies
Results of the search
Through our searches and enquiries, we identified 928 references that were potentially relevant to our review. Two review authors (DTM and CMO or SC) screened these records and rejected them all. We were involved in a trial that we mentioned in a previous version of this review, but this was discontinued due to difficulties with patient recruitment (Cunningham 2011). Therefore, we have been unable to identify any RCTs or CCTs for inclusion in this review (Figure 1).
Study flow diagram
Risk of bias in included studies
No RCTs or CCTs were included in this review.
Effects of interventions
No RCTs or CCTs were included in this review (summary of findings Table for the main comparison).
Discussion
We found no RCTs or CCTs assessing i) orthodontic treatment without the removal of permanent teeth versus no treatment or ii) orthodontic treatment involving removal of permanent teeth versus treatment without the removal of permanent teeth. There is no evidence from clinical trials to guide the management of this malocclusion in children. It is unlikely that this situation will change as no trials have been conducted since we first identified the need for trials in the original version of this review, which was published in 2006.
Study flow diagram
| Orthodontic intervention (without extraction) compared with extraction or no orthodontic intervention for treating deep bite and retroclined upper front teeth in children | ||||||
| Patient or population: children with deep bite and retroclined upper front teeth Settings: orthodontic clinic Intervention: orthodontic treatment Comparison: extraction or no treatment | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect | Number of Participants | Quality of the evidence | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| Extraction or no treatment | Orthodontic treatment | |||||
| Dento‐occlusal results of treatment, measured with the PAR index | No data are available as no RCTs or CCTs have been conducted. | |||||
| *The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). | ||||||
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence | ||||||
