[Treatment strategies for orofacial myofunctional disorders and malocclusions associated with different sites of upper airway obstruction in children]

The impact of respiratory function on children's craniofacial growth has received increasing attention from orthodontists and parents. There is a higher pediatric sleep-disordered breathing risk prevalence in the orthodontic population compared with a general population sample, and orthodontic practitioners need to pay close attention to the respiratory function of their pediatric patients. For children with upper airway obstruction and related dentofacial and functional abnormalities, clinicians should comprehensively consider the site and severity of upper airway obstruction, the clinical feature of malocclusion and other factors to develop an individual, multidisciplinary treatment plan, providing favorable conditions for the development of the children's craniofacial morphology and the whole body.呼吸功能对儿童牙颌面生长发育的影响日益受到广大正畸医师与家长的关注。儿童睡眠呼吸障碍在正畸人群中的比例明显高于健康人群，正畸医师在接诊儿童患者时需密切关注其呼吸通气功能。对伴上气道阻塞以及相关口颌面畸形和功能异常的儿童，临床医师应综合考虑上气道阻塞部位、严重程度以及错（牙合）畸形的表现，制订个性化、多学科联合的诊疗方案，为患者牙颌面乃至全身的健康发育创造有利条件。.