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- Title
Assessment of respiratory muscle strength and airflow before and after microimplant-assisted rapid palatal expansion.
- Authors
Storto, Camilla Juliana; Garcez, Aguinaldo Silva; Suzuki, Hideo; Cusmanich, Karla Garcez; Elkenawy, Islam; Moon, Won; Suzuki, Selly Sayuri
- Abstract
To assess alterations in respiratory muscle strength and inspiratory and expiratory peak flow, as well as skeletal and dental changes in patients diagnosed with transverse maxillary deficiency before and after microimplant-assisted rapid maxillary expansion (MARPE). Twenty patients (13 female and 7 male) were assessed by respiratory tests in three different periods: T0 initial, T1 immediately after expansion, and T2 after 5 months. Tests included: maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) and maximum expiratory pressure (MEP), oral expiratory peak flow, and inspiratory nasal flow. Cone-beam computed tomography measurements were performed in the maxillary arch, nasal cavity, and airway before and immediately after expansion. There was a significant increase in MIP between T0 and T2 and MEP between T0 and T1 (P<.05). Oral and nasal peak flow increased immediately after and 5 months later, especially in patients with initial signs of airway obstruction (P<.05). In addition, after expansion there was a significant enlargement of the nasal cavity, alveolar bone, and interdental widths at the premolar and molar region. Molars tipped buccally (P<.05) but no difference was found in premolar inclination. MARPE increased airway volume significantly. Skeletal changes promoted by MARPE directly affected airway volume, resulting in a significant improvement in muscle strength and nasal and oral peak flow.
- Subjects
MUSCLE strength; RESPIRATORY muscles; MAXILLARY expansion; CONE beam computed tomography; NASAL cavity; EXPIRATORY flow
- Publication
Angle Orthodontist, 2019, Vol 89, Issue 5, p713
- ISSN
0003-3219
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2319/070518-504.1