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Soft tissue profile of children with impaired nasal breathing

Gundega Jakobsone, Ilga Urtane, Ivo Terauds

Summary

The aim of the study was to evaluate soft tissue profile of the children with impaired nasal breathing.

Materials and methods. Soft tissue points relative to the true vertical line (TVL) were measured on the lateral cephalograms in natural head position of 54 subjects with diagnosed nasal obstruction (34 males, 20 females, mean age 13.3±2.7). As controls served 33 patients receiving orthodontic treatment for different types of malocclusion (19 males, 14 females, mean age 13.4±2.7). Nasal airflow measurements were performed for all children.

Results. Both groups had retrognatic soft tissue profile, and there were no statistically significant difference between the groups in the linear and angular measurements of the soft tissue measurements, except for the interlabial gap measurement. Soft tissue profile projections to TVL were dependent on craniocervical and cervical inclination angles. In addition head extension was associated with flattened mentolabial sulcus and increased lower face height. Some of the soft profile measurements correlated with age.

Conclusion. Soft tissue profile of the children with impaired nasal breathing in general is not different from the soft tissue profile of other orthodontic patients and mostly is dependent on the craniocervical posture and age.

Key words: soft tissue profile, nasal obstruction, true vertical line

Received: 21 03 2006

Accepted for publishing: 27 06 2006

¹Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University

²Department of Otorhinolaringology, Riga Stradins Univeristy

Gundega Jakobsone¹ - D.D.S., Dr.Med., assoc. prof.

Ilga Urtane¹ - D.D.S., Dr.Med., prof., Head of Department of Orthodontics, Director of Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University

Ivo Terauds² - assist., otorhinolaringologist

Address correspondence to Gundega Jakobsone, Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University, 20 Dzirciema Street, Riga, Latvia, LV 1007.

E-mail: g.jakobsone@latnet.lv



	Baltic Dental and Maxillofacial Journal

June, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 2 CONTENTS SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES The severity of malocclusion and need for orthodontic treatment in correspondence with the age 35-38 Soft tissue profile of children with impaired nasal breathing 39-43 Chronic odontogenic maxillary sinusitis 44-48 Evaluation of odontological assistance to soldiers going on a mission, and prognostication of their odontological problems 49-52 Craniofacial morphology in parents of cleft children and healthy individuals 53-56 The most common genetic syndromes and associated anomalies in Latvian patients with cleft lip with or without palate 57-60 Construction faults associated with complete denture wearers' complains 61-64 © 2006 Stomatologija		Stomatologija 2006; 8 (2):39-43 208 KB Soft tissue profile of children with impaired nasal breathing Gundega Jakobsone, Ilga Urtane, Ivo Terauds Summary The aim of the study was to evaluate soft tissue profile of the children with impaired nasal breathing. Materials and methods. Soft tissue points relative to the true vertical line (TVL) were measured on the lateral cephalograms in natural head position of 54 subjects with diagnosed nasal obstruction (34 males, 20 females, mean age 13.3±2.7). As controls served 33 patients receiving orthodontic treatment for different types of malocclusion (19 males, 14 females, mean age 13.4±2.7). Nasal airflow measurements were performed for all children. Results. Both groups had retrognatic soft tissue profile, and there were no statistically significant difference between the groups in the linear and angular measurements of the soft tissue measurements, except for the interlabial gap measurement. Soft tissue profile projections to TVL were dependent on craniocervical and cervical inclination angles. In addition head extension was associated with flattened mentolabial sulcus and increased lower face height. Some of the soft profile measurements correlated with age. Conclusion. Soft tissue profile of the children with impaired nasal breathing in general is not different from the soft tissue profile of other orthodontic patients and mostly is dependent on the craniocervical posture and age. Key words: soft tissue profile, nasal obstruction, true vertical line Received: 21 03 2006 Accepted for publishing: 27 06 2006 ¹Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University ²Department of Otorhinolaringology, Riga Stradins Univeristy Gundega Jakobsone¹ - D.D.S., Dr.Med., assoc. prof. Ilga Urtane¹ - D.D.S., Dr.Med., prof., Head of Department of Orthodontics, Director of Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University Ivo Terauds² - assist., otorhinolaringologist Address correspondence to Gundega Jakobsone, Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University, 20 Dzirciema Street, Riga, Latvia, LV 1007. E-mail: g.jakobsone@latnet.lv