Contemporary Nursing

Objective To explore the effect of nursing intervention of digital occlusal induction combined with oral and facial muscle function training on the early correction of facial development in children. Methods A prospective randomized controlled study design was adopted. A total of 180 children with malocclusion who received early orthodontic treatment from December 2021 to December 2024 were included as the research samples. Following the principle of random allocation, they were evenly divided into two groups: The control group (conventional intervention, n=90) and the study group (nursing intervention implemented with digital occlusal induction + oral and facial muscle function training, n=90). A comprehensive comparative analysis was conducted on the nursing effects of the two groups. Results Compared with the control group, the facial morphological parameters of the study group showed significant advantages, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion In the early corrective stage of children, implementing the nursing intervention of digital occlusal induction combined with oral and facial muscle function training is helpful to promote the benign development of childrens faces.

Digital occlusal induction; Oral and facial muscle function training; Malocclusion; Early childhood correction; Facial development; Nursing intervention