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Abstract

Background: The present study analyzed the changes obtained on the upper airway and hyoid bone dimensions in a group of patients with skeletal Class II malocclusion treated with functional elastodontic devices compared to an untreated control group. Methods: A group of 33 patients (19 females and 14 males) with Class II malocclusion treated with AMCOP® SC elastodontic device was compared with a control group of 35 subjects (17 females and 18 males) with untreated Class II malocclusion. Lateral cephalograms were available at the start (T0) and end of treatment/period of observation (T1). Cephalometric analysis was performed and linear measurements to evaluate airway space and hyoid bone position were also obtained. A multivariate analysis of variance for repeated measures (MANOVA) was performed to determine the effects of interactions for the groups for time. Results: Statistically significant differences were found in the study group from T0 and T1 with an improvement of superior upper airway (SPAS p < 0.0001), while in the control group it did not change in a statistically significant way from T0 to T1. The MANOVA test showed statistically significant differences between the two groups for the changes of SPAS (p = 0.003), IAS (p = 0.049), and H-C3 vertical (p = 0.038) values. Conclusions: Functional elastodontic therapy produced significant favorable airway changes in skeletal class II subjects.

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Title
Effects of Elastodontic Appliance on the Pharyngeal Airway Space in Class II Malocclusion
Author
Patano, Assunta 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Inchingolo, Angelo Michele 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cardarelli, Filippo 1 ; Inchingolo, Alessio Danilo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Viapiano, Fabio 1 ; Giotta, Massimo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bartolomeo, Nicola 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Daniela Di Venere 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Malcangi, Giuseppina 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Minetti, Elio 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Palermo, Andrea 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Inchingolo, Francesco 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dipalma, Gianna 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; [email protected] (A.P.); [email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (A.D.I.); [email protected] (F.V.); [email protected] (M.G.); [email protected] (N.B.); [email protected] (D.D.V.); [email protected] (G.M.); [email protected] (G.D.) 
 Department of Biomedical, Surgical, Dental Science, University of Milan, 20161 Milan, Italy; [email protected] 
 College of Medicine and Dentistry, Birmingham B4 6BN, UK; [email protected] 
First page
4280
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20770383
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2836424523
Copyright
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.