COMPARAÇÃO DOS RESULTADOS OCLUSAIS DE CASOS TRATADOS COM ORTODONTIA LINGUAL E VESTIBULAR

Abstract

In current orthodontics, the patient has sought for treatment options aesthetic orthodontics braces that remain invisible in the social interaction between patient and society. Accordingly, since the 70's, studies and research has perfected the techniques, procedures and orthodontic materials, resulting in Lingual Orthodontics. Based on these assumptions, this study aims to compare and evaluate the occlusal results of cases treated with lingual and buccal orthodontics. For both scientific research was done between two groups, the first group with 19 patients treated with the Lingual technique and the other group with 26 patients treated with the Buccal technique, occlusal results where these criteria were evaluated by the Little irregularity index and the PAR indexes . The results showed that patients treated with Lingual Orthodontics had a better PAR and Little indexes than the cases treated with Buccal Orthodontics. Key-