The strength of participants tongue will be measured and participants will be shown how to perform tongue training exercises using a special device. Participants will be given instructions on how to perform a workout for the tongue. Each day once in the morning (am) and once in the afternoon/evening (pm), participants will train with the device and have a "tongue workout" that lasts about 10 minutes.
Therefore, participants will work out about 20 minutes a day for 6 weeks.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Tongue Trainer

Weill Cornell Medical College Center for Sleep

Tongue Protrusion Force: A Pilot Study

RDI (the sum of apneas, hypopneas, and milder, more subtle sleep disruptions known as respiratory effort related arousals, or RERAs, that can still lead to sleep fragmentation).

The investigators will be monitoring the tongue protrusion force max each day for six weeks to see what changes, if any occur.

The investigators will measure AHI during the pre-screen and post screen to see what changes, if any, occur due to the six weeks of tongue training.

To determine if regular exercise of the GG muscle increases the maximum tongue protrusive force (TPFmax) and increases the duration over which the tongue is capable of exerting sub-maximal (threshold of 50% of baseline TPFmax) protrusive force (dur50%).

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Cornell University

Upper will be bonded, levelled and aligned until reaching 0.019 x 0.025 ss archwires.
2 Y shaped mini plates will be inserted in the mandibular symphysis Insertion of the FFRD with Direct application over the mandibular mini plates

Upper and lower arches will be bonded, levelled and aligned until reaching 0.019 x 0.025 ss archwires.
Insertion of FFRD with application over the lower archwire

Patients will be observed for an average duration of 6-8 months

Malocclusion, Angle Class II, Division 1

FFRD direct loading over mini plates inserted in the mandibular symphysis

FFRD and mini plates group

FFRD inserted between maxillary and mandibular arches with the pushrods placed distal to mandibular canines

Conventional FFRD

Ritto A. Fixed Functional Appliances-A Classification (Updated). Orthod Cyber J. 2001

Orthodontic department, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University

Evaluation of Mini Plates Anchorage With Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device

Evaluation of Mini Plates Anchorage in Conjunction With Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device for Correction of Skeletal Class II Malocclusion in Growing Subjects: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This outcome will be detected through measurement of the mean change in the effective mandibular length and position from baseline data that when increased will result in a decrease in profile convexity. This measurement will be done after FFRD removal and correction of the sagittal relationship.
Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images will be used for analysis of this outcome where changes in effective mandibular length (Co-Gn) will be measured in mm

The dento-alveolar side effects of the appliance therapy are to be detected. CBCT images will be used for analysis of this outcome where changes in the inclination and positions of incisors will be measured in degrees and mm respectively.

Changes in the soft tissue angle of convexity will be detected by CBCT (in degrees) that contribute to soft tissue profile correction

Will be detected by CBCT; the position of the upper and lower lips and chin will be measured in mm relative to a frontal plane

retrognathia/fatigue

Tongue Protrusion Force: A Pilot Study

Evaluation of Mini Plates Anchorage With Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device

Најкомплетната база на податоци за лековити билки поддржана од науката