Effect of rapid maxillary expansion on the apnoea-hypopnoea index during sleep in children. Systematic review | Zendy

E. Martos-Cobo | Zendy; Pedro Mayoral | Zendy; A.J. Delgado | Zendy; Joaquín DuránCantolla | Zendy

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Effect of rapid maxillary expansion on the apnoea-hypopnoea index during sleep in children. Systematic review

Author(s) -

E. Martos-Cobo,

Pedro Mayoral,

A.J. Delgado,

Joaquín DuránCantolla

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of clinical and experimental dentistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481

H-Index - 23

ISSN - 1989-5488

DOI - 10.4317/jced.59750

Subject(s) - medicine , polysomnography , cochrane library , maxillary hypoplasia , systematic review , medline , randomized controlled trial , dentistry , physical therapy , distraction osteogenesis , surgery , apnea , distraction , anesthesia , neuroscience , political science , law , biology

Rapid maxillary expansion (RME) treatment is prescribed in patients with maxillary compression, achieving increases in transverse palate and nasal cavity dimensions together with an increase in the distance between the pterygoid processes. Sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS) in children is often associated with anatomical risk factors and treatment may involve surgery, drugs, dentofacial orthopaedics, myofunctional and positional approaches.

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