Study of Stomatognathic System of the Obese Subjects

Obesity Clinical Trial

— SSSCDFO  

Official title:

Study of Stomatognathic System,Chewing and Deglutition Functions in the Obese Subjects

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00868049
• Other study ID #: ADRIANABF1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 23, 2009
• Last updated: March 23, 2009
• Start date: May 2007
• Est. completion date: February 2009

Study information

• Verified date: March 2009
• Source: University of Sao Paulo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim is to identify differences in the stomatognathic system, mastication and deglutition functions between obese and normal weight subjects.

Description:

The aim of this study was to identify differences in the stomatognathic system between obese and normal weight subjects. The habitual chewing of a French bread and deglutition of solids and liquid was evaluated five times in obese subjects and controls. The tonus of the lips, tongue, cheeks, masseter and temporal muscles were evaluated by clinical observation and palpation and defined as either normal or reduced. Twenty obese patients (body mass index (BMI) > 30kg/m2) and twenty volunteers of normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 Kg/m2) were evaluated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: February 2009
• Est. primary completion date: December 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 58 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy adults male and female

• healthy dentate

• body mass index (BMI) higher than 30 Kg/m2 for the obesity group and (BMI) lower than 25/m2 for the normal weight group.

Exclusion Criteria:

• face deformity

• alterations in morphology of lips and tongue

• without teeth or with lack of one tooth (excluding third molars)

• Malocclusion Angle's Class II and III

• pain during chewing

• pathology of the temporomandibular joint

• neurological pathology

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Medical School of University of São Paulo	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (1)

Valera FC, Trawitzki LV, Anselmo-Lima WT. Myofunctional evaluation after surgery for tonsils hypertrophy and its correlation to breathing pattern: a 2-year-follow up. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Feb;70(2):221-5. Epub 2005 Jul 21. — View Citation