Are distinct etiologies of upper airway obstruction in mouth-breathing children associated with different cephalometric patterns?

OBJECTIVE: To test the null hypothesis that mouth-breathing (MB) children by distinct obstructive tissues present a similar cephalometric pattern. METHODS: The sample included 226 prepubescent children (113 MB and 113 nasal breathing (NB) controls). An ENT clinical examination, including flexible nasal endoscopy, orthodontic clinical and cephalometric examinations, was performed on the MB population. MB children were grouped into three categories, according to the obstructive tissues: 1) adenoid group (AG), 2) tonsillar group (TG), and 3) adenotonsillar group (ATG). The NB controls were matched by gender, age, sagittal dental relationship and skeletal maturation status. Lateral cephalometric radiography provided the cephalometric pattern comparisons between the MB and NB groups. RESULTS: MB cephalometric measurements were significantly different from those of NB children, exception in the SNB° (P=0.056). All comparisons between the three groups of MB children with the NB children showed a significant difference. Finally, even among the three groups of MB children, a significant difference was observed in the measurements of the SNB° (P<0.036), NSGn° (P<0.028) and PFH/TAFH ratio (posterior facial height/total anterior facial height) (P<0.012). CONCLUSIONS: The cephalometric pattern of MB and NB children was not similar. Cephalometric measurements of the MB group differed according to the etiology of upper airway obstruction. Children with isolated hypertrophy of the palatine tonsils presented with a mandible that was positioned more forward and upward compared to children obstructed only by the enlarged adenoid.

Eficiência dos tratamentos interceptivos na irrupção espontânea de caninos com desvio de irrupção / Interceptive treatments efficiency on the eruption of displaced canine

Estudos prévios relataram os benefícios da interceptação dos desvios irruptivos de caninos superiores com uso de procedimentos isolados. O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi investigar os resultados de combinações de procedimentos interceptores para tratamento de caninos desviados, como extração supervisionada de dentes decíduos (EDD), expansão rápida da maxila (ERM) e distalização de dentes posteriores superiores para ganho de espaço no arco (GE), para evitar a exposição cirúrgica e tração ortodôntica desses dentes. Avaliou-se 114 caninos com desvio de irrupção submetidos a tratamentos interceptores. Radiografias panorâmicas realizadas antes (T0) e após (T1) o tratamento foram estudadas. Em T0, caninos permanentes superiores foram considerados com desvio de irrupção quando sua inclinação em relação à linha média excedia 25°, a posição da coroa estava localizada pelo menos no setor 1 (entre o centro do longo eixo e a face distal da raiz do incisivo lateral) ou a radiografia final mostrasse impacção do canino. Em T1, a irrupção espontânea do canino foi considerada como sucesso do tratamento. Teste t para amostras independentes foi utilizado para comparação entre os grupos. Utilizou-se teste Mann-Whitney para avaliação de diferenças de setor e correlação de Spearman para relacionar setor e inclinações iniciais e finais com a taxa de sucesso. A taxa de sucesso na irrupção de caninos superiores foi de 90,4%. Apenas 11 caninos não irromperam após o tratamento. Concluiu-se que a combinação de tratamentos interceptores promoveram mudanças favoráveis na angulação e setor de caninos superiores desviados. A irrupção espontânea do canino aconteceu em grande parte da amostra (AU)

Previous investigations have reported the benefit of isolated interceptive measures in the early treatment of displaced maxillary canines. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the combination of several clinical approaches, such as supervised primary teeth extraction (PTE), transverse maxillary arch enlargement by means of rapid maxillary expansion (RME); and distalization of maxillary posterior teeth as space gainer (SG) resulted in an improvement of permanent canine position, preventing a surgical procedure. The sample comprised 114 displaced permanent maxillary canines that underwent interceptive treatment.Panoramic radiographs taken before (T0) and after (T1) orthodontic treatment were examined. Canine was considered displaced when its inclination to a vertical line passing through the midline exceeded 25°, the crown position of the canine were located at least in sector 1 or the final radiography showed canine impaction. The full passive eruption of the previously impacted canines at T1 was considered as the success of the treatment. Independent T-test was used in the comparison between groups. Mann-Whitney test was used for evaluation of the differences of "sector" and Spearman´s correlation between the initial and final inclination and position of the permanent cuspid and the success rate. The success rate in the eruption of canines was 90.4%. Only 11 maxillary canines failed to passively erupt. Statistically significant changes in the position of impacted maxillary canines were observed after interceptive measures. Early interceptive treatment resulted in favorable changes in the maxillary canines angulation and irruptive sector. The success rate was 90,4% of this sample. (AU)