1. Craniofacial skeleton of 7-year-old children with enlarged adenoids
- Author
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Pirkko-Liisa Tarvonen and Kalevi Koski
- Subjects
Male ,Orthodontics ,Dorsum ,Rotation ,Cephalometry ,Palate ,business.industry ,Skull ,Hypertrophy ,Mandible ,Anatomy ,Facial Bones ,Enlarged adenoids ,Past history ,Adenoidectomy ,stomatognathic system ,Adenoids ,Humans ,Medicine ,Female ,Craniofacial skeleton ,Child ,business ,Mandibular ramus - Abstract
In a radiocephalometric study of 7-year-old children, it was found that a diagnostically useful characteristic associated with the presence or past history of enlarged adenoids is a dorsal rotation of the mandibular ramus relative to the palate. This feature may also be common to other obstructions of the nasopharyngeal space. A possible mechanism causing this growth deviation and some methodological problems involved in its detection are discussed.
- Published
- 1987