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[The possibility of stimulating mandibular growth in mandibular retrognathism with functional regulators and
1Abteilung für Kieferorthopädie, Kreiskrankenhaus Königs Wusterhausen.
Fortschritte Der Kieferorthopadie
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
In a teleradiological longitudinal study 86 patients with an Angle class II malocclusion were followed over a period of six years the development within the range of their facial skeleton. 43 of these patients were treated with a functional regulator according to Fränkel, 22 with an activator and 21 children remained untreated (control group). Compared with the activator-treated group, the group treated by regulators of function offered an improved development of the lower jaw.