Palate widening with orthodontics reduces the size of adenoids and tonsils in children
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2022
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Audrey Yoon et al. "Impact of rapid palatal expansion on the size of adenoids and tonsils in children." Sleep Medicine (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.02.011
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Sleep Medicine, tonsillar hypertrophy, adenoid hypertrophy, sleep disordered breathing, SDB, rapid palatal expansion, RPE, pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, OSA, narrow high arch palate, airway, tongue posture, cone beam computational tomography, CBCT, Hyrax expander, adenotonsillar hypertrophy, airway resistance
Had my tonsils removed as a child. It did not treat the problem, I was a mouth breather with nasal obstruction. I'm an adult now and I have a high arched narrow palate with very obstructive sleep apnea.
Currently going through palatal and mandibular expansion with MSE and MSDO and my breathing is already improving. However I will still need MMA surgery to move my jaws forward to solve the narrow airway.
This entire process can easily be avoided I'd parents and healthcare partners knew how to diagnose and treat mouth breathing and bad oral posture from a young age.
Same here.. but on top of that I had a first MMA surgery with insufficient advancement
Thanks for your comment. Considering MARPE and nice to hear someone going through it too :)
So helpful
Fantastic. Way to go. Seems like expansion causes a chain of positive effects.
im trying to figure out what orthodontist i should chose.
are orthodontic clinics that also provide myofuctional therapy better? because when applying braces they will not create end result that will interfere with correct tongue posture.
If I’m an adult would it reduce my tonsils also? Serious question
The theory is that filtered, warmed and humidified air due to increased nasal breathing as opposed to mouth breathing reduces the tonsil and adenoid tissues. So it should be the same in adults.