Obstructive sleep apnea prevents the expected difference in craniofacial growth of boys and girls
| Autor: | Juliano,Maria Ligia, Machado,Marco Antonio Cardoso, Carvalho,Luciane Bizari Coin de, Santos,Gianni Mara Silva dos, Zancanella,Edilson, Prado,Lucila Bizari Fernandes do, Prado,Gilmar Fernandes do |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.71 n.1 2013 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: It was to compare cephalometric measures of mouth-breather boys and girls and with the cephalometric pattern observed in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients. METHODS: Craniofacial measurements of lateral cephalometric radiographs obtained from 144 children aged 7-14 years were compared between boys and girls, and both were compared to cephalometric pattern of OSAS patients. RESULTS: Mouth-breather boys and girls had no gender differences regarding to craniofacial morphology while nose-breather boys and girls showed those expected differences. Nose-breather boys presented a more retruded mandible and proinclined upper incisor when compared to nose-breather girls, but mouth-breather boys and girls had no differences. The measure NS.GoGn was the only variable with an interaction with gender and breathing. CONCLUSIONS: There were no cephalometric difference in mouth breather-boys and girls related to normal growth, suggesting that oral breathing make the same craniofacial morphology and both have craniofacial morphology close to that of OSAS patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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