Question 180 · LDEK · Prevention and early treatment
Which of the following should be used in a 5-year-old child with anterior partial cross bite, with a positive functional test and existing spaces between the milk incisors?
- A. vestibular partial Kraus shield.
- B. vestibular plate by Hotz.
- C. palatal plate with an inclined oblique plane.
- D. Catlan’s appliance.
- E. Karłowska appliance type A.
Hint
A functional anterior crossbite with spacing in a preschooler can be corrected by a device the child bites on that tips the locked upper tooth forward.
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