The effect of rapid maxillary expansion on nasal airway resistance

The reduction of nasal airway resistance by rapid maxillary expansion and its effect on respiratory disease.

The effect of rapid maxillary expansion airway resistance onnasal

The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in nasal resistance to ajrflow in persons undergoing rapid maxillary expansion and to reevaluate the responses at a l-year follow-up. Nasal resistance measurements, assessed in four modes (natural state, anterior nares dilation with Tygon tubing, following administration of decongestant, and nares dilation with tubing and decongestant), were tak...

Nasal airway measurements in children treated by rapid maxillary expansion.

BACKGROUND Rapid maxillary expansion is an orthodontic procedure that is commonly used to widen the maxilla. It is generally admitted that this technique is effective to correct palate narrowing, whereas there has not been agreement on the effect of this procedure in nasal parameters. The availability of a reliable and objective technique to assess the geometry of nasal cavities, such as acoust...

Relationship between rapid maxillary expansion and nasal cavity size and airway resistance: short- and long-term effects.

INTRODUCTION The availability of new, reliable, objective, and 3-dimensional techniques to assess the effects of rapid maxillary expansion on the morphology of the maxillary dental arch, nasal cavity dimensions, and nasal airway resistance led to the development of this research. METHODS Thirty-eight subjects participated in this study (mean age, 13 years). Data were collected before expansio...

Effect of rapid maxillary expansion on skeletal, dental, and nasal structures: a postero-anterior cephalometric study.

The purpose of this study was to compare the transverse dimensions of skeletal, dental, and nasal structures of a group of patients with maxillary narrowness before and after rapid maxillary expansion (RME) with an untreated control group using postero-anterior (PA) cephalometric radiographs. The material consisted of PA cephalograms of 25 children with a posterior crossbite (mean age 13 years ...