Myofunctionnal Therapy on Nasal Breathing and Orthodontic Corrections Stability

N/ACompletedNCT01962766

Université de Montréal42 enrolled

Overview

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

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?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Mouth Breathing Atypic Swallowing Low Resting Position of Tongue

Interventions

Myofunctionnal therapyBEHAVIORAL

instructionsBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 14 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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)

Locations (1)

Clinique d'orthodontie - Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

respiration mode

orthophonist speech assessment, including nasal or mouth respiration, swallowing pattern and tongue resting position

Time frame: 6 months following therapy

Secondary Outcomes

tongue resting position

orthophonist speech assessment, including nasal or mouth respiration, swallowing pattern and tongue resting position

Time frame: 6 months following therapy

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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