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The Effect of Orthopedic Face Mask Use on Head Posture and Pharyngeal Airway

NCT05114642 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in head posture, position of the hyoid bone, pharyngeal airway and cervical posture after the use of Petit type face mask in patients with skeletal class III malocclusion (ANB angle \< 0) with ongoing growth.

No other study was found in the literature in which head posture, cervical posture, and hyoid bone position were evaluated after the use of a face mask and compared with a control group consisting of patients of the same age group and the same malocclusion.

Conditions

  • Class III Malocclusion
  • Hyoid Bone

Interventions

DEVICE

Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Treatment with Face Mask Group

Expanding the maxilla, which is narrower than the mandible in the transverse dimension, using a rapid maxillary expansion device and protraction of the maxilla, which is located behind in the sagittal dimension, forward using the face-mask appliance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taner OZTURK, DDS, MS

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gokhan Coban, DDS, MDS · Erciyes University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-30
Primary Completion
2020-10-30
Completion
2021-03-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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