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Article history: A small maxilla and/or mandible may predispose children to sleep-disordered breathing, which is a
Received 4 August 2014 continuum of severity from snoring to obstructive sleep apnea. Preliminary studies have suggested that
Received in revised form orthodontic treatments, such as orthopedic mandibular advancement or rapid maxillary expansion, may
6 February 2015
be effective treatments.
Accepted 9 February 2015
Available online 17 February 2015
The aim is to investigate the efficacy of orthopedic mandibular advancement and/or rapid maxillary
expansion in the treatment of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. Pubmed, Medline, Embase, and Internet
were searched for eligible studies published until April 2014. Articles with adequate data were selected
Keywords:
Sleep-disordered breathing
for the meta-analysis; other articles were reported in the qualitative assessment. Data extraction was
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome conducted by two independent authors. A total of 58 studies were identified. Only eight studies were
Children included in the review; of these, six were included in the meta-analysis. The research yielded only a
Young adolescents small number of studies. Consequently, any conclusions from the pooled diagnostic parameters and their
Orthopedic mandibular advancement interpretation should be treated carefully. Although the included studies were limited, these orthodontic
Rapid maxillary expansion treatments may be effective in managing pediatric snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Other related
Systematic review health outcomes, such as neurocognitive and cardiovascular functions have not yet been systematically
Meta-analysis
addressed. More studies are needed with larger sample size, specific inclusion and exclusion criteria and
standardized data reporting to help establish guidelines for the orthodontic treatment of pediatric
obstructive sleep apnea.
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* Corresponding author. Faculty of Dental Medicine Orthodontic Clinic, Universite al, 3525 Queen Mary Road, Montreal, Quebec H3V 1H9, Canada. Tel.: þ1 514
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E-mail address: Nelly.Huynh@umontreal.ca (N.T. Huynh).
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database searched. An electronic literature search was performed in or no). Then a qualitative assessment of the retrieved articles in this
PubMed & MEDLINE (1946eApril 2014), and Embase (1974eApril report was discussed among the authors to come up with a
2014). Moreover, Internet was searched (Google and Google scholar consensus. The outcome data were extracted by the two reviewers
searches) for eligible studies published until April 2014. (Nelly Huynh and Eve Desplats) to validate and control the data.
All available titles and abstracts were read and those related to
either OMA or RME, or involving both interventions, were chosen Dealing with duplicate data
by two reviewers (Nelly Huynh and Eve Desplats). When the in-
formation provided by the titles and abstracts was incomplete, the Data published multiple times were considered as duplicates
full texts were also carefully read and examined to determine [3,15,21,41], which was sometimes confirmed by authors [42], and a
whether they were to be included for future analysis. Only English short commentary [43]. In case of any doubt or ambiguity, the
language papers were evaluated. original article was always considered as the final choice for the
analyses; by doing so, any overestimation of intervention efficacy
Selection of studies was reduced, since there was exclusion of duplicated data.
The collected articles were assessed by two reviewers (Nelly Dealing with missing or incomplete data
Huynh and Eve Desplats) independently for eligibility, and any
possible disagreement was solved through discussion with a third Strategies for missing and/or incomplete information in included
reviewer (Fernanda Almeida). The inclusion and exclusion criteria studies were as follows: i) contacted the corresponding author,
are listed in Table 1. Studies that did not fulfill the inclusion criteria whenever possible; ii) analyzed only the available data (i.e. ignoring
were excluded (see Appendix I-III). References from original papers the missing data); and finally, iii) addressed the potential impact of
and review articles were cross-checked to identify additional trials. missing data on the findings of the review in the Discussion section.
In addition, to avoid data that were published multiple times, only
the original articles were included in the review and meta-analysis. Types of interventions
Types of studies All types of treatments using OMA (aim 1) or RME (aim 2), or
both in order to treat OSA in children and adolescents were
The search attempted to identify all relevant studies that met compared. The list of characteristics of included studies is sum-
the inclusion criteria, independently of source of information. In marized in Table 2aec.
most studies, a control group was not considered since it is deemed
unethical to withhold treatment for children and young adoles- Types of outcome measures
cents with specific diagnoses. Consequently, NRCT designs and
controlled studies (containing before and after treatment data) The primary and secondary outcomes reported are summarized
were considered. In addition, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Table 3.
were also considered as potential studies; however, only the
treatment group data were considered. Quality assessment of the studies
Types of participants Quality assessment scoring of the final selected articles was
conducted by the three reviewers (Nelly Huynh, Fernanda Almeida
Children and adolescents (18 y old or younger) who received and Eve Desplats) independently. The grading followed the modi-
OMA and/or RME functional orthopedic appliances in order to treat fied criteria provided by the animal research: reporting in vivo
OSA without craniofacial syndromes were considered. There was experiments (ARRIVE) [44] guidelines for human experimental
no gender restriction. studies [45]. An intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) evaluated
the agreement between the three reviewers.
Data extraction and management
Statistical procedures
Studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were put into a digital
electronic database (Excel). The following information was extracted Data synthesis
by each unblinded reviewer in their respective database: author,
year of publication, title, study design, patients, methods, outcomes, The participants, interventions and outcomes were judged to be
results, conclusion, full-text extracted (yes or no), and included (yes sufficiently similar to ensure meaningful findings; therefore, a meta-
analysis for each aim was undertaken for the primary outcome.
Table 1 Pooled data for post-treatment results were used for Pirelli et al.,
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the studies. 2012 [46], since they presented results separated between re-
Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria sponders and non-responders. Qualitative syntheses regarding the
secondary outcomes are summarized in the Results section. As the
Snoring Adults (18 y old age
and above)
true effect size varied from study to study, a random-effects model
Obstructive sleep apnea symptoms Surgery should have been used. However, because there were too few studies
Obstructive sleep apnea with Case report to obtain an accurate estimate of the between-studies variances [47],
polysomnography diagnosis a fixed-effect model was implemented instead with the assumption
Orthodontic mandibular advancement Short commentaries
that the studies considered for each aim had enough in common.
Maxillary expansion Review articles
Malocclusion (class I and II) Meta-analysis
Orthodontic appliance Animal studies Investigation of heterogeneity and subgroup analysis
(functional or oral)
Upper airway resistance Duplicate data Since no two studies will be absolutely identical, clinical and/or
Original article Craniofacial syndromes
methodological heterogeneity across studies should be assessed to
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Table 2a
Characteristics of included studies.
Author Study Country Subjectsa Age ± Interventions Wearing time Follow-up Drop-out Outcomes Adenoids or Tonsilsc
design M/Fc SD (y)b (mo)
Villa et al., RCT Italy 10/9 6.86 ± 2.34 Personalized acrylic Continuous, 6 5 AHI, SQ Assess presence of tonsillar
2002 [20]. resin oral bite plate except mealtimes hypertrophy
Cozza et al., NRS Italy 10/10 5.91 ± 1.14 MM Full-time 1st wk; 6 none AHI, AI, minSaO2 Not mentioned
2004 [49]. after at night only
Abbreviations: AHI ¼ apnea and hypopnea index; AI ¼ arousal index; F ¼ female; M ¼ male; OMA ¼ orthopedic mandibular advancement; MM ¼ modified monobloc;
NRS ¼ non-randomized study; RCT ¼ randomized controlled trial; SaO2 ¼ arterial oxygen saturation; SD ¼ standard deviation; SQ ¼ sleep quality.
a
Experimental subjects presented only.
b
Mean age at the baseline of the treatment.
c
Clinical inclusion criteria evaluated.
Table 2b
Characteristics of included studies.
Author Study Country Subjects Age ± Interventions Expansion (or active) Follow-up Drop-out Outcomes Adenoids or tonsils
design M/F SD (y) phase (mo)
Villa et al., NRS Italy 9/7 6.9 ± 2.2 Endo-oral 10 d (2 turns of 6 moc 2 AHI, AI, mean Presence of adenotonsillar
2007 [1]. screw/d) 12 mod SaO2, SQ hypertrophy; underwent
adeno/or tonsillectomy
before study.
Pirelli et al., NRS Italy 19/12 8.68 (6e12) Fixed appliance 10e20 d (1 mm/d) 1 moc none AHI, total Absence of adenotonsillar
2004 [2]. with expansion screw 10e16 mod SaO2, SQ hypertrophy.
Guilleminault RCT US 14/17a 6.5 ± 0.2 ME (n¼27); Bi-ME e
d (0.25mm/turn) 4c 1 AHI, RDI, min Group 2: orthodontic
et al., 2011 [22]. (n¼4) Fixed or SaO2, treatment followed by
removal appliances adeno-tonsillectomy.
Marino et al., RCT Italy 11/14 5.94 ± 1.64 2 bands type 11.2 d (2 turns/d; 12 moc ? RDI Not evaluated.
2012 [23]. 0.25mm/turn) 18 mod
Pirelli et al., NRS Italy 43/37b (6e13) Fixed appliance with 21 d (2 turns/d; 4c none AHI Presence of adenotonsillar
2012 [46]. expansion screw 0.25mm/turn) hypertrophy (2þ or 3þ)
as inclusion criteria; no
clear presence of chronic
adenotonsillar
inflammatory problems
at baseline.
Abbreviations: AHI ¼ apnea and hypopnea index; AI ¼ arousal index; F ¼ female; M ¼ male; ME ¼ maxillary expansion; NRS ¼ non-randomized study; RCT ¼ randomized
controlled trial; RDI ¼ respiratory disturbance index; RME ¼ rapid maxillary expansion; SaO2 ¼ arterial oxygen saturation; SD ¼ standard deviation; SQ ¼ sleep quality;
US ¼ United States of America.
a
Total of 31 individuals; although only Group 2 orthodontic data considered (surgery performed post-orthodontic treatment); n ¼ 16.
b
Total of 80 individuals; although only Group 1 orthodontic data considered (surgery performed post-orthodontic treatment); n ¼ 40.
c
Device in situ.
d
Device ex situ.
e
Not specified.
Table 2c
Characteristics of included studies.
Author Study Country Subjects Age ± SD Intervention Expansion (or active) phase Follow-up Drop-out Outcomes Adenoids or tonsils
design M/F (mo) (mo)
Schütz et al., PS Brazil 16a 12.6 ± 11.5 Acrylic-splint Advanced anterior mandible 12 none AHI, AI, mean SaO2, No adenontonsillar
2011 [10]. Herbst appliance by 6.0 mm; followed 15 airway space hypertrophy
d posterior RME (angle and volume) (Exclusion criteria)
Abbreviations: AHI ¼ apnea and hypopnea index; AI ¼ arousal index; F ¼ female; M ¼ male; MA ¼ myofunctional appliance; PS ¼ prospective study; RME ¼ rapid maxillary
expansion; SaO2 ¼ arterial oxygen saturation; SD ¼ standard deviation.
a
Ratio M/F not specified.
look at the variability across studies in order to make sensible de- were considered for the analysis. As heterogeneity was encoun-
cisions about pooling data or making particular comparisons [48] in tered, post-hoc subgroup analyses were performed following
the meta-analysis. With respect to aim 1 (OMA), studies were Cochrane guidelines [40] to assess whether or not the intervention
‘similar’, even though the studies' designs differed (NRCT [49] vs. effects vary in relation to specific clinical characteristics of the
RCT [20]). Only the treatment data were considered in Villa et al., included studies. Otherwise, the effects were described in the
2002 [20] for the analysis. On the other hand, once the extraction of qualitative summary of the Results section.
the data from the studies was done for aim 2 (RME), the four studies
[1,2,22,46] had differences in the length of the intervention, as well Data extraction
as in whether the device was in situ (intra-oral) or ex situ (removed
from the upper jaw), as detailed in Table 2b. In Guilleminault et al., For both aims, the generic inverse variance was performed
2011 [22], data from Group 2 and in Pirelli et al., 2012 [46], data when extracting data. The software package used to conduct the
from Group 1, who underwent RME before adenotonsillectomy, possible analyses was Review Manager (RevMan) 5.2. The ICC was
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Table 3 articles were read for a complete evaluation of the text, and 22 of
Outcomes (for aims 1 and 2). these articles [31,43,72e91] were excluded (see Appendices IeIII).
Primary Outcome Finally, eight studies [1e3,10,22,23,46,49] were included in the
1) Apnea-hypopnea index: number of events per hour of sleep measured by review. Six of those articles [1,2,20,22,46,49] were included in the
standard polysomnography meta-analysis according to the aim.
Secondary Outcomes
1) Oxygen saturation level: expressed as a percentage (%)
2) Arousal index: number of arousals per hour of sleep Quality assessment of the studies
3) Increase of the upper airway volume or structures
4) Sleep quality (%) Quality assessment scoring of the final selected articles had an
5) Drop outs and withdrawals (n).
ICC of 0.85. This suggests that there was “almost a perfect” agree-
ment among the three reviewers concerning the designated
articles.
calculated using a commercially available software package (IBM
SPSS Statistics, Version 21.0.0 for Windows; SPSS, Chicago, IL). Meta-analysis (quantitative summary)
Fig. 1. Flow diagram on the screening of study. Six of the studies were meta-analyzed with respect to aims one and two, respectively. Abbreviations: OMA ¼ obstructive mandibular
advancement; RME ¼ rapid maxillary expansion.
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Fig. 2. Forest plot of the OMA comparison in a fixed-effect model using the generic inverse variance (IV) method with the mean difference described for AHI as events per hour.
Abbreviations: AHI ¼ apnea-hypopnea index; CI ¼ confidence interval; df ¼ degree of freedom; IV ¼ inverse variance; OMA ¼ obstructive mandibular advancement; SE ¼ standard
error.
in the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) for both studies, represented only two studies [1,2] were considered appropriate; however, they
by the black diamond at the bottom of Fig. 2, was 5.11 events per presented a high level of heterogeneity (Fig. 4).
hour (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.01e6.21), and suggests that
AHI decreased after treatment. The study of Cozza et al., 2004 Systematic review (qualitative summary)
[49] contributes to the pooled effect, due to the 78.2% weight
observed. In addition, the 95% CI for each individual studies had The main characteristics of the included studies are presented in
an acceptable overlap presenting a poor statistical heterogeneity. Table 2aec.
Fig. 3. Forest plot of the RME in situ comparison in a fixed-effect model using the generic inverse variance (IV) method with the mean difference described for AHI as events per
hour. Abbreviations: AHI ¼ apnea-hypopnea index; CI ¼ confidence interval; df ¼ degree of freedom; IV ¼ inverse variance; RME ¼ rapid maxillary expansion; SE ¼ standard error.
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Fig. 4. Forest plot of the RME ex situ comparison in a fixed-effect model using the generic inverse variance (IV) method with the mean difference described for AHI as events per
hour. Abbreviations: AHI ¼ apnea-hypopnea index; CI ¼ confidence interval; df ¼ degree of freedom; IV ¼ inverse variance; RME ¼ rapid maxillary expansion; SE ¼ standard error.
the presence of tonsillar and/or adenoid hypertrophy, a major fac- examinations after the treatment, overall treatment was well
tor associated with OSA. tolerated by the patients.
Practice Points
Fig. 5. Diagram of the possible relationship between craniofacial morphology risk
factors and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children. Children with OSA with
concomitant craniofacial risk factors should be referred to an orthodontist involved in Orthodontic treatments to correct craniofacial morphology,
dental sleep medicine. It is important to note, that not all children with narrow and/or such as orthopedic mandibular advancement or rapid
short jaws have sleep apnea. Moreover, not all children with OSA have craniofacial risk maxillary expansion, can be useful to:
factors.
Study Case report Meta-analysis Review Abstract (no article) Surgery Adults Animals Duplicate data Outcome No OSA
Study Case report Review Short commentary Surgery Adults Animals Syndrome Malocclusion class III Duplicate data No OSA
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