Page David C, Mahony Derek
Todays FDA. 2010 Mar-Apr;22(2):43-7.
Dentists need to play a bigger role in managing airway development and craniofacial formation even though the relationship between the airway, breathing and malocclusion remains quite controversial. Certainly the airway, the mode of breathing and craniofacial formation are so interrelated during growth and development that form can follow function and function can follow form. So, it is imperative to normalize form and function as early as possible so that function is optimized for life.
尽管气道、呼吸与错颌畸形之间的关系仍颇具争议,但牙医在管理气道发育和颅面形成方面需要发挥更大的作用。当然,在生长发育过程中,气道、呼吸方式和颅面形成是如此相互关联,以至于形态可以随功能而变,功能也可以随形态而变。因此,尽早使形态和功能正常化至关重要,以便让功能在一生中都能得到优化。