PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of Sleep Disturbances (SD) in children and to evaluate the correlation between dental classification and airway dimensions.
METHODS: Children between 3 – 18 years at the Boston University Pediatric Oral Healthcare Center in Boston, Massachusetts were recruited for this study. Based on parents’ responses in a brief sleep-screening questionnaire, cases were identified as children with SD and controls were those without. Another detailed questionnaire was used to collect information on demographics and sleep patterns. Clinical and upper airway examinations were conducted using Eccovision Acoustic Rhinometer (AR) and Acoustic Pharyngometer (AP). Statistical differences in upper airway measurements by type of dental occlusion were evaluated.
RESULTS: Among 281 children, the prevalence of SD was 38%. Upper airway measurements among 176 participants using AP showed significantly higher pharyngeal Minimum Cross-Sectional Area (MCA) for class III dental occlusion compared to class I (P=.036) in children with SD. Statistically significant differences in MCA, Airway Volume (AV), and minimum distance to MCA by type of dental occlusion were mainly observed among children with SD (P<.05).
CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight a possible correlation between nasal and pharyngeal airway dimensions and dental classification among children with SD. Further analysis that include radiological examinations may help in confirming these findings.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/33087 |
| Date | 07 November 2018 |
| Creators | Alayyoubi, Yasmin N. |
| Contributors | Zavras, Athanasios, Shanmugham, Jayapriyaa |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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