Myofunctionnal Therapy on Nasal Breathing and Orthodontic Corrections Stability

Université de Montréal

Status

Completed

Conditions

Mouth Breathing

Atypic Swallowing

Low Resting Position of Tongue

Treatments

Behavioral: instructions

Behavioral: Myofunctionnal therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01962766

NH-13-OP-DegluLang

13-104-CERES-P (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current research project aims to study the efficacy of myofunctional therapy and its orthodontic long-term outcomes.

Full description

The current research project aims to study the efficacy of myofunctional therapy and its orthodontic long-term outcomes, such as: 1) Is treating a low tongue position and lip closure at rest sufficient for orthodontic short and long-term outcomes? 2) Does treating atypical swallowing along with an incorrect tongue position help achieve and maintain higher outcomes of the myofucntional and orthodontic treatments?

Enrollment

42 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 to 14 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Between 6 and 14 years old
Atypical or immature swallowing pattern and lower position of the tongue at rest
Be an orthodontic patient treated at the Faculty of Dentistry, Université de Montreal
Speak and understand French without assistance
Be in good health (without neurological or psychiatric syndrome)
Agree to participate and sign the consent form research

Exclusion criteria

Non compliance to clinical visits (eg too many missed visits)
Patients who had previous orthodontic treatments
Syndrome or known systemic disease (chronic cardiopulmonary or neuromuscular disease, dysmorphia, major craniofacial abnormalities)