Examination of upper and lower airway and hyoid bone in children with malaligned jaws and sleep disorders
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K088- Other specified disorders of teethand supporting structures
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/09/045777
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Shreya S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion criteria for the study group:
1. Children with a retrognathic mandible and a normal/prognathic maxilla as determined by a
physical and radiographic examination and who require myofunctional therapy.
2. Children with skeletal class II malocclusion with angle ANB â�¥ 5�° and AO ahead of BO ( >1 mm)
3. Children with a good visual treatment objective
4. Children with at least one sleep problem as determined by a validated sleep questionnaire.
Inclusion criteria for the control group:
1. Children with a retrognathic mandible and a normal/prognathic maxilla as determined by a
physical and radiographic examination and who require myofunctional therapy.
2. Children with skeletal class II malocclusion with angle ANB â�¥ 5�° and AO ahead of BO ( >1 mm)
3. Children with a good visual treatment objective
4. Children with no history of sleep problems
1. Children with obesity (BMI > 95th percentile for age and gender).
2. Children who have a history of medical illness.
3. Children with prior history of sleep apnea treatment with continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) or oral appliances/orthodontic treatment.
4. Children on steroids, chronic anti-inflammatory drugs or opioid pain medication.
5. Children with mouth breathing.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method As a diagnostic aid to identify children with sleep-disordered breathingTimepoint: Baseline/at the beginning.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine whether any additional measures could be used to diagnose sleep-disordered breathing.Timepoint: Baseline/at the beginning.