Changes in craniofacial and airway morphology as well as quality of life after passive myofunctional therapy in children with obstructive sleep apnea: a comparative cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary evidence is substantiated for the benefits of 1-year PMFT using an oral device with a built-in tongue bead, including improvements in nasal breathing during sleep, mandible linear growth (Co-Gn and N-Me), airway morphology (OPha-Ophp), and patients' quality of life. PMID: 31478126 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Sleep and Breathing - September 2, 2019 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Chuang LC, Hwang YJ, Lian YC, Hervy-Auboiron M, Pirelli P, Huang YS, Guilleminault C Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research