Advantages of Interceptive Orthodontic Treatment; Rapid Maxillary Expansion in Children with Malocclusion Resulting from Mouth Breathing Habits

Background: One of the causes malocclusion in developing children is practice mouth breathing. Morphological disturbances may occur during growth phase with chronic This resulting unfavorable development dentofacial and craniofacial complexes. Mouth breathing as a condition has come to attention health care professionals. Malocclusion incidence will be decreased eventually eliminated early identification treatment these poor oral habits. Purpose: The study determines benefits interceptive orthodontics Rapid Maxillary Expansion caused by habit Methods: Data were gathered searching analyzing literature from electronic databases PubMed, Wiley, Science Direct 2012 2022 publication period. Interceptive orthodontics; rapid maxillary expansion; breathing; keywords used conduct systematic search data. Results: most frequent malocclusions which narrows arch. Some characteristic features are distance between nasal cavity’s lateral walls, bilateral or unilateral posterior crossbite, crowding anterior teeth, deep palate.