Impact of Anterior Cross Bite Treatment on Children's Speech Performance

Tanta University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Quality of Life; Malocclusion; Speech; Cross Bite

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Speech and language evaluation; Other: Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) Assessment; Device: removable anterior expansion screw

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06168695

#R-PED-1-23-6

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this prospective, single-arm clinical trial is to evaluate the speech performance of children with anterior dental crossbite before and after correction. Also, to assess the impact of early interceptive orthodontic treatment in the mixed dentition stage to correct the anterior dental crossbite on the quality of life of children.

Fifty children of both sexes aged from 8 to 10 years were enrolled and evaluated using the study's inclusion & exclusion criteria. before beginning interceptive orthodontic treatment, each child underwent full mouth treatment. then, using a removable anterior expansion screw along with posterior bite planes to treat the anterior crossbite. All children were subjected to the Protocol of speech evaluation before appliance insertion and after complete correction of anterior crossbite. Also, the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ 8-10) in the Brazilian version was used to gauge how the anterior crossbite affected the children's oral health-related quality of life.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy cooperative children aged 8-10 years
• have at least one or more maxillary permanent incisors in a crossbite relationship
• fully erupted four first permanent molars
• Angle Class I molar relationship and Class I skeletal relationship
• the mother language of all the subjects was Arabic.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with systemic illness or previous history of speech therapy
• children who are ill-habituated or unable to follow up
• children with previous orthodontic treatment
• uncooperative children
• Anterior skeletal or functional crossbite
• presence of sucking habits

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

anterior crossbite treatment with evaluation of speech and quality of life

Experimental group

Description:

removable anterior expansion screw is used to correct anterior crossbite Child Perceptions Questionnaire was used to gauge how the anterior crossbite affected the children's OHRQoL. children were subjected to the Protocol of speech evaluation

Treatment:

Device: removable anterior expansion screw

Other: Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) Assessment

Diagnostic Test: Speech and language evaluation