This document discusses different types of crossbite, including buccal, lingual, unilateral, bilateral, dental, skeletal, and functional. Crossbite can be caused by dental anomalies, soft tissue habits like digit sucking, heredity, congenital issues like cleft lip and palate, and trauma. Treatment for crossbite is urgent to prevent TMJ dysfunction, asymmetric growth, gingival recession, and esthetic issues. Various appliances can be used depending on the location and severity of the crossbite, including removable plates with springs, composites, Catalan's appliance, chin cups, myofunctional appliances, quad helix, rapid maxillary expansion, and fixed braces with elastics

1. Cross bite
Mustafa ali
Ahmed saad
Group A2

2.  Crossbite: is a discrepancy in buccolingual relationship
of upper and lower teeth. Changing in transverse
relationship.

3.  Buccal crossbite: buccal cusp of lower teeth occlude
buccal to the buccal cusp of upper teeth.
Types of crossbite:

4.  Lingual crossbite: buccal cusp of lower teeth occlude
lingual to the lingual cusps of upper teeth. Also called
scissors bite.

5. i . According to location in arch:
• Anterior crossbite
• Posterior crossbite:
:Classification of crossbite

6. ii. According to side:
• Unilateral posterior crosspite
• Bilateral posterior crossbite

7. iii. According to structure involved
• Dental crossbite
• Skeletal crossbite
• Functional crossbite
iiii. According side involved:
• Buccal crossbite
• Lingual crossbite

8. The width of the maxillary skeletal base can be seen by
The width of the palatal vault on the cast. If the base of
palatal vault is wide , but the dentoalveolar processes
lean in ward, the crossbite is dental in the sense that it
is caused by a distortion of the dental arch .
If the palatal vault is narrow and the maxillary teeth
lean outward but nevertheless are in crossbite, the
problem is skeletal in that it basically results from the
narrow width of the maxilla.
How to differentiate between dental and
skeletal crossbite ?

10. i. Dental crossbite:
1. Arch length discrepancy.
2. Anomalies of number either supernumerary or missing teeth.
3. Anomalies of tooth size.
4. Anomalies of tooth shape.
5. Premature loss of deciduous and permanent teeth.
6. Prolonged retention of deciduous teeth.
7. Delayed eruption of permanent teeth.
8. Abnormal eruptive path.
9. Ankylosis.
Etiology of crossbite:

11. ii. Soft tissues:
Poterior crossbite is often associated with hapits such
as a digit sucking hapit, as the position of the tongue is
lowered and a negative pressure is generated intra
orally.

13. iii. Skeletal crossbite:
1. Hereditary (class III II ).
2. Congenital ( cleft lip and palate).
3. Trauma at birth .
4. Trauma during growth.
5. Trauma after completion of growth.
6. Habits.

15. mouth breathing

17. Treatment of crossbite is urgent >>>>>
why?????
1. TMJ dysfunction syndrome
2. Asymmetric mandibular growth
3. Gingival recession
4. Esthetic
Treatment of crossbite

18. Single tooth anterior crossbite

19.  Placing the wooden tongue blade
behind the tooth at angel 60 degree
 Force by biting on it using the lower
teeth as a fulcrum 5-10 min
 The method is effective when the
clinical crown is not completely visible in
the oral cavity , when sufficient space is
available

20. Bonded composite resin slopes
1. Composite resin was formed into an inclined slope
and applied to the labial surface
2. 3-4mm in thickness at 45 angle to the axis of the
tooth
3. The composite was cured and polished

21.  It is an inclined plane cemented to lower incisor with
the use of acrylic resin to fabricate it.
 The lower inclined plane should be 45 degree to the
maxillary occlusal plane
 Catalans appliance could be used for single tooth or
whole anterior segment correction
Catalan’s Appliance

22.  1) Difficulty in speech & chewing
 2) Patient cooperation required
 3) Require frequent recementation
 4) Can not be given if
 Mandibular incisors are malaligned
 Mandibular incisors are periodontally compromised
Disadvantages of Catlan’s Appliance

23. 1. Effective appliance in treating crossbite
2. Contain z-spring for single tooth anterior crossbite
3. Adam clasp
4. Hawley arch
5. Posterior bite plane
6. And acrylic base plate.
Use two z-spring or recurved z-spring if we have
multiple anterior crossbites
Removable orthodontic appliance

26. Removable orthodontic appliance

27. 1. T-spring or screw on the affected tooth
2. Adam's on 6 and 4
3. Hawley arch
4. Posterior bite plane ??????
5. Acrylic base plate
Treatment of single tooth posterior
crossbite with T-spring or screw

28. While the screw can correct two teeth or
expand the maxillary teeth bi-laterally in case
of bilateral posterior cross bite.

30.  Used to control/gide growth of mandible to prevent
anterior crossbite caused by excessive mandibular
growth
 It rotate the mandible and sometimes used with
removable orthodontic appliance
Chin cup

31.  Its use to correct a developing class lll skeletal jaw
relation with anterior crosssbite
Frankel III myofunctional appliance

32.  Its use to give more expansion anteriorly or
posteriorly.
 To de-rotate molar teeth.
 Use as passive to aid retention of expansion.
The quadhelix appliance

33.  The screw turned twice daily, resulting in expansion
of the order of 0.2-0.5mm/day.
 Over an active treatment period of 2 weeks.
 The large force generated to open the midline suture
by skeletal expansion so it is limited to patients in
early teens before suture closure or cleft palate
patients by stretching the scar tissue
Rapid maxillary expansion

36. 1. Use to correct anterior crossbite involving single
tooth or group by multi-looped archwires
2. Cross-elastics can to correction of individual tooth or
two teeth cross bites in the posterior segment by
buccal movement of maxillary posterior teeth
3. Lingual movement of mandibular teeth
Fix orthodontic appliances with cross
elastics