Lips and Tongue of Mouth Breathing Children

Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Mouth Breathing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01296828

CEP PUC/SP 302/2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: to characterize the posture, tone and mobility of lips and tongue of mouth breathing children.

Methods: 40 mouth breathing children, 26 (65%) male and 14 (35%) female, aging between 7 and 10 years old, were involved in this research realized in São Paulo, SP, Brazil . It was used the MBGR protocol to evaluate the posture, tone and mobility of lips and tongue of mouth breathing children.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mouth breathing children diagnosed by doctor.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with mental, neurological or hearing diseases, or with cold or flu at the examination day.

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

MOUTH BREATHING CHILDREN