Myofunctionnal Therapy on Nasal Breathing and Orthodontic Corrections Stability

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01962766

Enrollment

Registered

2013-10-14

Start date

2013-10-31

Completion date

2014-10-31

Last updated

2024-03-29

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Conditions

Atypic Swallowing, Low Resting Position of Tongue, Mouth Breathing

Brief summary

The current research project aims to study the efficacy of myofunctional therapy and its orthodontic long-term outcomes.

Detailed description

The current research project aims to study the efficacy of myofunctional therapy and its orthodontic long-term outcomes, such as: 1) Is treating a low tongue position and lip closure at rest sufficient for orthodontic short and long-term outcomes? 2) Does treating atypical swallowing along with an incorrect tongue position help achieve and maintain higher outcomes of the myofucntional and orthodontic treatments?

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMyofunctionnal therapy

BEHAVIORALinstructions

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Years to 14 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Between 6 and 14 years old * Atypical or immature swallowing pattern and lower position of the tongue at rest * Be an orthodontic patient treated at the Faculty of Dentistry, Université de Montreal * Speak and understand French without assistance * Be in good health (without neurological or psychiatric syndrome) * Agree to participate and sign the consent form research

Exclusion criteria

* Non compliance to clinical visits (eg too many missed visits) * Patients who had previous orthodontic treatments * Syndrome or known systemic disease (chronic cardiopulmonary or neuromuscular disease, dysmorphia, major craniofacial abnormalities)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
respiration mode	6 months following therapy	orthophonist speech assessment, including nasal or mouth respiration, swallowing pattern and tongue resting position

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
tongue resting position	6 months following therapy	orthophonist speech assessment, including nasal or mouth respiration, swallowing pattern and tongue resting position

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
swallowing pattern	6 months following therapy	orthophonist speech assessment, including nasal or mouth respiration, swallowing pattern and tongue resting position

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026