Benefits of early interception of transverse problems in growing subjects

Developmental age is fundamental for orthodontic purposes: in this stage it is possible to intercept very effectively pathologies that can worsen or negatively affect the development of the dental-skeletal apparatus. An early orthodontic therapy aiming to solve both structural and functional transverse maxillary problems allows to intercept and often resolve, from the very beginning, anomalies that, if not corrected, can turn into structural pathologies whose solution is surgical intervention. Very early interception of transverse discrepancies can positively affect pathological situations not only in the maxilla or mandible, but also in structures connected to them. Maxillary deficiency can affect the morphology of the stomatognathic system and the upper respiratory tract and, secondly, can cause acoustic and phonetic dysfunctions. Rapid palatal expansion, used to correct maxillary constriction, can also help nasal respiration widening the upper respiratory tract, may improve hearing in patients with conductive hearing loss and facilitate the recovery of the physiologic activity of the soft palate and the related muscular structures involved in phonetics.