Orofacial myofunctional therapy improves facial morphology of children with obstructive sleep apnea after adenotonsillectomy

doi:10.19439/j.sjos.2021.04.010

Abstract

Abstract: PURPOSE: This study investigated the effectiveness of orofacial myofunctional therapy(OMT) in improving facial morphology of children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) after adenotonsillectomy (AT). METHODS: Ten children aged from 4-7 years with persistent oral breathing for more than 1 month after adenotonsillectomy were chosen to receive orofacial myofunctional therapy. The patients were required to take photos before and after orofacial myofunctional therapy. In order to compare the soft changes before and after OMT treatment, twelve representative mark points were selected and used for proportion and angle measurements. Graphpad Prism 8 statistical software was used for statistical analysis, to compare the differences in facial morphology of patients before and after treatment. RESULTS: Compared with before OMT, a significant difference was found in the proportion of Sn-Ls/Sn-Stms(P=0.0002), Sn-Stms/Sn-Me'(P<0.05), as well as in the angle of Gs-Sn-Pos (P<0.05), nasolabial angle(P=0.0005), mentolabial angle (P=0.0026) after OMT treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Orofacial myofunctional therapy can be considered as an effective complementary treatment for OSA patients with oral breathing after adenotonsillectomy.

Key words: Obstructive sleep apnea, Orofacial myofunctional therapy, Oral breathing, Facial morphology

CLC Number:

R783.5

SHAN Hua-qing, WANG Yu-hui, YU Li-ming, LI Xiao-yan, LIU Yue -hua. Orofacial myofunctional therapy improves facial morphology of children with obstructive sleep apnea after adenotonsillectomy[J]. Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, 2021, 30(4): 389-393.

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