Obstructive sleep apnea prevents the expected difference in craniofacial growth of boys and girls

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Maria Ligia Juliano¹  Marco Antonio Cardoso Machado¹  Luciane Bizari Coin De Carvalho¹  Gianni Mara Silva Dos Santos¹  Edilson Zancanella¹  Lucila Bizari Fernandes Do Prado¹  Gilmar Fernandes Do Prado¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Sào Paulo São Paulo Hospital Department of NeurologySão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: sleep apnea syndromes;    mouth breathing;    child;    sleep apnea;    obstructive;    gender identity;    síndromes da apnéia do sono;    respiração bucal;    criança;    síndrome da apneia obstrutiva do sono;    identidade de gênero;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2013000100005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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