Sleep disordered breathing and oral health-related quality of life in children with different skeletal malocclusions

ABSTRACT

Objective

To evaluate the relationship among different skeletal malocclusion patterns, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and children’s oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).

Methods

Two hundred-five patients were divided into three groups, considering skeletal malocclusion. Parents completed the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) on behalf of the patients, who completed the 14-question version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14).

Results

SDB was observed in 10.7% of children. The overall prevalence of snoring, difficulty breathing during sleeping, mouth breathing, and dry mouth on awakening was 8.78%, 7.31%, 36.09%, and 37.07%, respectively. However, there was no significant difference in OHIP-14 parameters among the skeletal groups. A positive correlation was found between OHIP-14 and PSQ and was significant in Class I and III.

Conclusion

Although there was no significant difference, SDB risk and sleep quality were found as most to least problematic, in the following sequential order: Class II > Class III > Class I.

KEYWORDS:

• Cephalometry
• skeletal malocclusion
• pediatric sleep questionnaire
• oral health impact profile-14

Authors’ contributions

GC and SKB equally contributed to this work and were involved in methodology, investigation, validation, software, data curation and writing—original draft preparation; GC and SKB were involved in conceptualization, writing, editing; and supervision. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.