Prevalence of Oral Screen Appliance Therapy in 6-12 Year Old Children Visiting a University Dental Hospital: A Retrospective Study

Abstract

The oral screen is a versatile and simple myofunctional instrument that is used to treat dental arc deformities early in the interception. A lip training device was described as an oral screen. Oral screens can be used for people who have bad habits such as mouth breathing, chewing nails, big overjet and lip muscle hypotonus. A sample of 4355 patients of age 6-12 years visiting the hospital were taken. We reviewed patients’ records, analysed data of 7415 patients between June 2020 to March 2021 and clinical findings are recorded. Out of the sample size 4355,260 patients in the hospital database were diagnosed with orthodontic deformities and use of oral screen was recommended. The data is then tabulated in Microsoft Excel. Chi square test is used for comparison of groups. The data is analysed with the help of SPSS software. In this study we observed that 3.8% of the total patients (260) showed incidence of undergoing treatment using oral screen. Prevalence of oral screen appliance is observed to be more in age groups between 10-12 years followed by 6-9 years. Within the limitations of the study, 0.2% of the children visiting university hospital have undergone treatment using oral screen appliances.