Activator Appliances (Function Activator)

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70 relevant articles (5 outcomes, 19 trials/studies) found for this Therapy

Description: Loose-fitting removable orthodontic appliances which redirect the pressures of the facial and masticatory muscles onto the teeth and their supporting structures to produce improvements in tooth arrangements and occlusal relations.

Also Known As:

Function Activator; Harvold Activator; Jasper Jumper; Activator Appliance; Activator Orthodontic Appliance; Activator Orthodontic Appliances; Activator, Function; Activator, Harvold; Activators, Function; Appliance, Activator; Appliance, Activator Orthodontic; Appliance, Andresen; Appliances, Activator; Appliances, Activator Orthodontic; Bionators; Function Activators; Jumper, Jasper; Orthodontic Appliance, Activator; Andresen Appliance; Bionator; Orthodontic Appliances, Activator

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Dentistry

Orthodontics: 404

Orthodontic Appliances: 182

Functional Orthodontic Appliances: 74

Activator Appliances: 70

Removable Orthodontic Appliances: 12

Activator Appliances: 70

Experts

1.	Franchi, Lorenzo: 1 article (11/2007)
2.	Baccetti, Tiziano: 1 article (11/2007)
3.	Marinelli, Andrea: 1 article (11/2007)
4.	Baroni, Giulia: 1 article (11/2007)
5.	Defraia, Efisio: 1 article (11/2007)
6.	Duggal, Ritu: 1 article (11/2006)
7.	Parkash, Hari: 1 article (11/2006)
8.	Jena, Ashok Kumar: 1 article (11/2006)
9.	Karacay, Seniz: 1 article (07/2006)
10.	Akin, Erol: 1 article (07/2006)

Related Diseases

1.	Malocclusion (Crossbite) 11/01/2006 - "CONCLUSIONS: Both the Twin-block and bionator appliances were effective in correcting molar relationships and reducing overjets in Class II Division 1 malocclusion subjects" 06/01/2004 - "The activator appliance was effective in treating growing patients with mandibular deficiency: activator therapy corrected Class II malocclusions by a combination of skeletal and dental changes and improved the soft tissue facial profile." 04/01/1999 - "CONCLUSIONS: In the correction of Class II Division 1 malocclusions Andresen appliance is valid in subjects with normal/hypodivergent skeletric structure, while in patients with a facial type tending to "dolicocephal" the Fränkel function regulator and, in particular, Teuscher activator combined with extraoral traction have produced positive results with a contemporary correction of the sagittal skeletric discrepance." 07/01/2007 - "INTRODUCTION The objective of this controlled clinical study was to compare the dentoskeletal effects of the Jasper jumper with those of cervical headgear, when both are used with edgewise appliances to correct Class II Division 1 malocclusion" 01/01/2007 - "STUDY SELECTION: For inclusion, an article had to satisfy the following criteria: they should be clinical trials with a comparable untreated control group; facial soft tissue changes were evaluated through lateral cephalograms; Activator and/or Bionator functional appliances were used to correct Class II division 1 malocclusions; no syndromic or medically compromised patients were included; none were individual case-reports or series of cases; there was no surgical intervention; and only a removable functional appliance was used" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Open Bite (Openbite) 11/01/2007 - "CONCLUSIONS: Based on the analysis of this sample, early treatment of skeletal open bite with the open-bite bionator appears to produce a modest effect that mainly consists of significant improvement in intermaxillary divergence" 11/01/2007 - "INTRODUCTION: This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the open-bite bionator in growing subjects with increased vertical dimensions" 04/01/1996 - "Combination of bionator and high-pull headgear therapy in a skeletal open bite case." 05/01/1992 - "Eight patients with Class II skeletal open bite were treated with the high-pull activator appliance and compared to reasonably matched controls to determine the effects of the appliance" 04/01/1992 - "Cephalometric changes during treatment with the open bite bionator." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Retrognathism 04/01/2004 - "These findings indicate that the Delaire facemask and Bionator III treatment is effective for correcting skeletal Class III malocclusions caused by maxillary retrognathism in the early mixed dentition." 04/01/2004 - "The aim of this investigation was to study cephalometrically the skeletal, dental and soft tissue modifications induced by a Delaire facemask and Bionator III appliance in a sample of 30 patients (17 boys and 13 girls), aged 4.1-9 years [mean 5.85 years, confidence interval (CI) 5.41-6.29], in the early mixed dentition with a skeletal Class III malocclusion caused by maxillary retrognathism (group 1) and compared with a control sample of 24 subjects (14 boys and 10 girls), aged 4-9 years (mean 5.97 years, CI 5.35-6.58) with untreated Class III malocclusions (group 2)" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Cicatrix 04/01/2008 - "Genetic interactions among the scar mutants and transgene complementation studies show that the activators function interchangeably to meet the threshold for ARP2/3 activation in the cell" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Bites and Stings (Sting) 02/01/2008 - "METHODS: Dental casts were obtained from the participants, who were randomized into 3 phase-1 early treatment groups: bionator, headgear/bite plane, or observation" 01/01/2007 - "Strategies for correction of deep bite included cervical pull headgear, bionator therapy, and Tweed edgewise mechanotherapy" 09/01/1995 - "Early treatment with bionators and headgear/bite planes did not place healthy children without these signs at risk for developing these signs" 09/01/1995 - "Children (mean age of 9.8 years) were assigned to a treatment protocol (bionator, n = 60; observation, n = 60; headgear/bite plane, n = 71) using randomized block stratification" 01/01/2001 - "Functional treatment of three skeletal open-bite patients with Bionator, Frankel IV and Posterior bite-block appliances is presented" Order ALL the reference details at left...

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