Stability of nonsurgical treatments in anterior open bite: narrative review

Abstract

The stability of orthodontic treatments depends on several factors, for example, skeletal pattern, type of movement performed, retention protocol, and habit control. It suggests that the stability of anterior open bite correction in adult patients is not exempt from this phenomenon, presenting a high relapse rate mainly in the first post-treatment year. This review aimed to compare the stability between different non-surgical orthodontic treatment alternatives to correct this malocclusion in adult patients. A search was carried out in digital databases on this subject, such as: LILACS, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Scopus, ScienceDirect, JCU Library's One Search and PubMed. Selection criteria were applied to the articles obtained, giving us forty articles with different non-surgical therapeutic approaches to analyze in our study. It allows us to indicate that positive overbite is maintained in the long term after correction of anterior open bite with skeletal anchorage due to effective intrusion of the molars and significant changes in the soft tissue profile and skeletal pattern