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Objective: To evaluate the posture of individuals with functional posterior crossbite, malocclusion is one of the most in need of orthodontic treatment. Methods: This work presents an analysis of postural among children 6 to 12 years who present functional posterior cross bite of both genders who are in mixed dentition or no intervention prior orthodontic and orthopedic. Was obtained images in the plans: front and back where it was analyzed the asymmetry or symmetry of the individual in the image and in the lateral, anterior, a posterior or normality. Results: 100% had some kind of postural change, and the asymmetry between the scapulae (shoulder) found the greatest change, as one of extreme importance in this age group represents a growing skeletal muscle. Conclusion: analyzes all of the children showed postural abnormalities and malocclusion are also of great importance not only to be treating the problem orally, but the postural problem with the help of a multidisciplinary team.

Objective: The aim of this work was to investigate what the orthodontist’s difficulties are, analyzing whether the adopted procedures are able to satisfy the complaints of individuals, who already concluded orthodontic therapy, according to the determinations of the civil code and the Costumer’s Defense Code, as well as the relationship between patient and professional. Methods: A questionnaire was sent by postal service to all the odonthology specialists inrolled in the CRO/RJ amounting to 990 professionals.Results: The percentual analysis of the analysis showed that 96.9% of them adopt some pattern of kind of contract. The majority (65.8%)regards the orthodontist’s Civil Responsibility as a result. In case of reincident postrentation, 87.2% of the professionals inform the individual that it’s possible and also propose them orthodontic re-treatment. Concerning the conduct adopted by the orthodontist towards the individual’s dissatisfaction, 76.5%, anyhow, try to avoid a lawsuit. Conclusion: Some professionals may be subject to future court problems, there was wide divergence between professionals in relation to the time of filing of the orthodontic documentation and there was a relative same opinion of professionals in making an oversight of the patient in the period post-restraint.

Objective: To analyze facial asymmetry of individuals with posterior cross bite by means of frontal photographs and compare the angles of eyes and mouth with the median plane of the face, to verify whether these angles are influenced by the asymmetry. Methods: Forty-one individuals were assessed. Frontal photographs were taken to verify whether there was a difference from the tracing of the interpupillary plane of the eyes and plane of the mouth (commissural line) and measure these angles in relation to the facial midline. Results: With regard to the frontal analysis of the photographs, it was verified that the data related to the angle of the eye showed no statistically significant differences (p=0.6636) between the right and left sides and the angle of the mouth (p=0.9460). Conclusion: Functional deviation of the mandible did not cause significant alterations in the analysis of the face when the angles with reference to the distance of the eyes and mouth in relation to the facial midline were analyzed.