O tratamento multidisciplinar da mordida aberta.

Abstract

The open bite is a malocclusion that can cause aesthetic, phonetic, psychological and respiratory modifications. The open bite becomes difficult to treat because it has several etiological factors. On the genetic factors, there is a valuable predetermined growth pattern. About the environmental factors, there are several examples, such as hypertrophic tonsils, mouth breathing, dental ankylosis, eruption irregularities and deleterious oral habits. Due to open bite’s multifactorial etiology and the different problems that it may causes to the individual, this literature work review aimed to investigated the importance of the multidisciplinary team intervention in the open bite patient’s treatment. The results of this study have shown that all health professionals should encourage the breastfeeding because it is the better way to prevent the malocclusion. The vast majority of the health professionals agree with the multidisciplinary treatment for open bite in the order to treat the patient as wholly one and to avoid relapses. Thus, the effective results only can be achieved if the trained professionals treat all different consequences.