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Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy to Treat Residual Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Children Treated with Adenotonsillectomy and Maxillary Expansion: An Interventional Study.

Journal of clinical medicine · Mahony D, Bhattarai N, Petocz P, Borbély P, Kárpáti K · 2026-10-04

Children with persistent sleep apnea after surgery and palatal expansion showed substantially lower breathing disturbance indices following 12 months of orofacial myofunctional therapy compared to untreated controls, though causality requires confirmation through randomised trials.

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