The Effect of Tooth Position During Orthodontic Treatment on the Apnea/ Hypopnea Index (AHI)

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Orthodontic Tooth Movement, Apnea, Sleep Disordered Breathing

In brief

The study design of this research project involves orthodontic patients registered at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine who are deemed eligible to undergo orthodontic treatment and who have been provided with sufficient information to make informed consent to join the sleep study. These patients will be provided with the Medibyte sleep monitor and instructed on the proper manner in which it should be set up and worn for the one night study period. This process will be carried out twice throughout the course of the study, once before any orthodontic appliance has been cemented and once after the required amount of tooth movement has been attained with the orthodontic appliance still in place. The de-identified data from the Medibyte monitor will be downloaded using the Braebon software and analyzed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03299023

Run by

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

People needed

66

Starts

2017-01-20

Expected to finish

2019-06-10

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-11

Who can join

Age: 8 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults/children undergoing orthodontic care at HSDM

You may not qualify if…

• Patients already begun orthodontic therapy
• Patients obtaining orthognathic surgery
• Patients with high index of care need- have hypercapnia, hypoventilation, allergies or nose blockages

Where it is running

• Harvard School of Dental Medicine — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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