Myofunctional Therapy in Open Bite - RCT
Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
- Conditions
- Open Bite
- Interventions
- Procedure: Myofunctional therapy (+)Procedure: Myofunctional therapy (-)
- Registration Number
- NCT06574490
- Lead Sponsor
- Piotr Fudalej
- Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if myofunctional therapy in 6-10-year-old children with infant type of swallowing and open bite is effective.
Primary hypothesis: myofunctional therapy results in correction of open bite Researchers will compare a group in which myofunctional therapy is performed for 6 months to a group in which myoufunctional therapy will be delayed by 1 year.
Participants will exercise according to a pre-established regimen and schedule
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
- generally healthy children aged 6-10 years,
- infant swallowing type,
- open anterior occlusion (i.e. no contact between the maxillary and mandibular medial incisors),
- mixed dentition
Exclusion Criteria
- finger sucking habit (or similar) occurring within the last 6 months,
- previous myofunctional therapy,
- upper airway obstruction,
- congenital craniofacial developmental disorder,
- connective tissue or muscle disease,
- macroglossia,
- ankyloglossia,
- mental retardation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Myofunctional + Myofunctional therapy (+) A series of myofunctional exercises Myofunctional - Myofunctional therapy (-) No exercises
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overbite 12months presence positive vertical (i.e. the upper teeth overlap the lower teeth) and horizontal (i.e. the upper teeth are positioned in front of the lower teeth) occlusion
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Swallowing pattern 12 months swallowing pattern (infant, adult or mixed)
Articulation 12 months articulation of l,n,d,t,s sounds.