2019, Number 1
Effects of the Bimler functional appliance on the airways in mouth breathing patients
Language: Spanish
References: 22
Page: 16-23
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Functional jaw orthopedics is one of the therapies for the treatment of patients with malocclusion that applied from an early age greatly reduces the need of less conservative treatments. Objective: We determined the modifications of the airways according to sex and age at onset of treatment in mouth breathing patients treated with the Bimler functional appliance. Material and methods: We conducted an observational, descriptive, longitudinal, and prospective study. The study population included mouth breathing patients who were mainly females (64.5%). Mean age at onset of treatment with the type-A Bimler appliance was nine years and mean treatment duration was two years. We analyzed 31 cranium lateral teleradiographies taken before and after treatment. We used pharyngeal cephalograms and McNamara cephalometric analysis to measure modification values. Results: We observed an increase in the pharyngeal airway space in the 3 levels after use of the Bimler appliance, though no statistical values corroborated the difference of the results by sex. Conclusions: We found no direct relationship between age at onset of treatment, sex, and changes achieved in the airways of patients.REFERENCES
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