Abstract
Dentofacial growth in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis will lead to deviations related to the joints, mandible, maxilla, and dentoalveolar parts, resulting in abnormal jaw relations and morphology caused by the inflammatory interaction with the growth process. One treatment modality of the deviating growth and development has been the use of functional or orthopedic appliances, traditionally used for the correction of limited growth deviations in normal growing individuals within the broad sense of variation. Although, the evidence for functional/orthopedic treatment in JIA is limited, existing publications and personal clinical experience suggests the use of functional/orthopedic appliances in the treatment of dentofacial growth deviations in JIA. The aim of the present article is to give a summary of treatment with functional/orthopedic appliance from the current literature.
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