Facial pattern categories of sleep breathing‐disordered children using Ricketts analysis

The facial patterns of 29 children under the age of 15 years with tonsil and/or adenoid and sleep disorder problems was analysed. The lateral‐cephalograms of these patients was digitized in a zero‐based computer program using Ricketts analysis to examine facial patterns. Results of the analysis were...

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Published in:Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2002-06, Vol.56 (3), p.329-330
Main Authors: KIKUCHI, MAKOTO, HIGURASHI, NAOKI, MIYAZAKI, SOICHIRO, ITASAKA, YOSHIAKI, CHIBA, SINTARO, NEZU, HIROSHI
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
cephalogram
Cephalometry - methods
Child
Children
dolico facial pattern
Face
Facial Bones - anatomy & histology
Facial patterns
Female
Humans
Japan
Male
Mandible - anatomy & histology
Reference Values
Ricketts analysis
Ricketts method
Sleep
Sleep apnoea
sleep breathing disorder
Sleep Wake Disorders - physiopathology
Snoring
Snoring - physiopathology
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Summary:The facial patterns of 29 children under the age of 15 years with tonsil and/or adenoid and sleep disorder problems was analysed. The lateral‐cephalograms of these patients was digitized in a zero‐based computer program using Ricketts analysis to examine facial patterns. Results of the analysis were compared with the mean of the control group, n = 41 (9‐year‐old Japanese children). There were significant differences (P < 0.01–0.001) between the patient group and the control group when comparing the facial axis, lower facial height, mandibular arc, total facial height, and McNamara–Pogonion. The facial pattern of children with sleep breathing disorders was discovered to be the dolico facial pattern.
ISSN:1323-1316
1440-1819
DOI:10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.01002.x