Functional Appliance Flashcards
What is Functional appliance? Myofunctional appliance
- A functional appliance achieves its effect through forces arising from the masticatory and facial muscles
- This is different to other appliances which achieve their effect through forces within appliance e.g wires, elastics, or screw
- They are constructed to posture the mandible forward and away from rest position. As a resultant soft tissue stretch generate forces that causes tooth movement.
Which soft tissue generate forces?
- Muscle of mastication
- facial muscles
- Oro facial
Classification of functional appliances.
- Myodynamic e.g Andresen - medium mandibular opening <5mm work by stimulating muscle stretch- Bionator appliance or twin block (simulation of Masticatory muscle ).
- Myotonic e.g. Harvold - Large mandibular opening 8-10mm work by passive muscle stretch.
At some degree this classification cross over that why is not used very often
In which malocclusion are they used?
- Functional appliances are designed to change the anterior- posterior relationship of the upper and lower arches
- They are most commonly used to correct Class 2 malocclusions ( class 2/1 or class2/2)
- There are functional appliances designed to correct class 3 malocclusion but they are not used very often
Functional Appliance Aim
- Correction of OJ
- Correction of buccal segment , anterior posterior and Transverse relationship
Functional appliance
Indications
- growing pt - utilise growth potential
- Motivated patient
- Classic case
- Uncrowded class 2 div 1 mild / moderate SK class 2 base ( no need of Fixed appliances
- Moderate / severe SK CL 2 with normal MMPA
- CLASS 2/2 cases once converted CL 2/1
- CL 3 cases (rarely)
How can you convert class 2/2 to Class 2/1
- URA z spring Upper 2s’
- Sectional upper fixed appliance
How do Functional appliances work?
- Dento alveolar change
- Skeletal change
- Soft tissue change
Dentoalveolar change
70%
Skeletal (growth) change
- 30%
- Mandibular growth enhanced 1-2 mm
- Maxillary growth inhibit 1mm.
There is wide range of skeletal response. This could be account for some of our cases going particularly well and other struggling for class 2 correction
Soft tissues
- Soft tissue stretch produced forces
What’s best time for Functional appliance?
- Optimum during pubertal growth spurt
Girls 10-12years , Boys: 12-14 years. +/- 2 years - When eruption of permanent teeth allows
- Psychological development
What Dentoalveolar effects with Functional appliance?
- Upper incisors retroclined
- Lower incisors proclined
- Upper premolar and molar distal movement
- Lower premolar/ molar mesial movement
- bilateral open bite
Functional appliance - Mode of action
- It is appliance posturing mandible forward , causing soft tissue stretch , Force created by soft tissue stretch result Dentoalveolar and sk change
Why do we wait for Best time factors for functional appliance?
- Since we want to move permanent teeth best time to start in relation to dental development is when Permanent teeth have erupted specially with Fixed appliance to follow
- If we start early, longer tx waiting for permanent teeth to erupt
- Can be difficult with deciduous teeth are being shed due to appliance retention, discomfort or complaince
- A potential advantage of early start increase risk of trauma and bullying.
OJ and Risk of trauma ?
-Overjet greater than 9mm double risk of trauma
Why wait for peak puberty growth spurt?
- Jaws may grow 2-5 mm more per year but it’s hard to predict individual growth.
How can we check Growth?
- Asking parents about change in shoe size.
- Regular height measurement - prediction can still be incorrect in 33% cases (Sullivan 1983)
- Cervical spine maturity- can be accurately recorded once puberty spurt is in full swing.
- Hand wrist radiograph - not ethical - no longer used.
Timing of treatment- Psychological factor
- Best age for when pt has ability for compliance
- same operator with same appliance decrease risk of failure to finish :Study by OBrien 2003
- Also reported on psycho- social effects of early twin block treatment and found significant benefit from tx in terms of increased self confidence (bullying)
Timing of tx
- Skeletal response seems to be marginally related to growth , so we usually wait for Permanent dentition or mixed dentition.
- Starting earlier tx can be helpful for trauma Class 2 Sk discrepancies but it can also have drawbacks back long tx , loss of pt motivation , slower growth
Example of Functional appliances (Removable)
- Twin block
- Anderson activator ( It’s loose/ mono bloc)
- Bionator
- Functional regulator (Frankel)
- Harvold
- Dynamax
Example of Functional appliance (Fixed)
- Fixed twin block -
- Herbst
- Advan Sync
Class 3 Functional
- Only Two types of Functional appliance
1- FRANKEL’s Functional Regulator 3
2- Class 3 twin blocks
Anderson Activator
- Monobloc appliance (single block of acrylic)
- Mandible postured forward and upward to seat appliance
- It is loose fit and patient must bite together to keep it in place
Harvold Activator
- It has Increased bite opening of 1cm
Functional regulator appliance (Rolf Frankel)
- Rolf Frankel
- Acrylic shield holds cheeks and lips away from teeth and aim to stretch the Periosteum to cause tooth movement and develop bone growth.
Functional regulator 2
- Single piece construction
- No retentive component
- Useful in mixed dentition
- Not well tolerated
Bionator
- Single piece
- Reverse labial bow
- mıxed dentition