Uso del lip bumper como tratamiento de ortodoncia interceptiva.

Abstract

The lip bumper is an interceptive orthodontic treatment that facilitates the solution of oral problems at an early age, with a preventive mission of adverse effects in adulthood. The main objective of the present work is to characterize the use of the lip bumper as an interceptive orthodontic treatment. The generalities of the same, the effects it has on patients, advantages and disadvantages of the process, types of devices are analyzed. The methodology used is bibliographic, documentary and descriptive, using a qualitative approach, by reviewing a sample of 10 international scientific articles translated into English and Portuguese, indexed in reliable sources such as: PubMed, Google Scholar, Dialnet and Redalyc, which allow a better knowledge of the subject. Among the results it is established that the authors reviewed agree that the lip bumper is a functional device, of easy elaboration, application, low cost and short period of use. It is concluded that the lip bumper appliance is used by various orthodontists for interceptive treatments which are early processes that seek to minimize or solve some corrective orthodontic problems, having improvement effects in cases of malocclusions, lip entrapment habits, molar rotations, poor dentoalveolar development, deficient spaces in the arches, existing in various forms and materials such as rubber arches, acrylic, elastic, among others.