Open AccessEffect of rapid maxillary expansion on the apnoea-hypopnoea index during sleep in children. Systematic review
Author(s) -
E. Martos-Cobo,
P. Mayoral-Sanz,
A. Expósito-Delgado,
Joaquín Durán-Cantolla
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.