Betha Sharmila Priyanka, Kanwal Bushra, Kumar Randhir, Jandial Disha, Musalli Rabab, Varma Praveen Kumar
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Specialist Orthodontist, Private Practice, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2023 Jul;15(Suppl 1):S201-S203. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_470_22. Epub 2023 Jul 5.
The persistence of the sucking beyond a certain age has been attributed to many deleterious effects on the orofacial structures. Hence, the present study evaluates the alterations in the upper airway among the children with and without the finger-sucking habits.
We piloted an observational study among 58 children with malocclusion who required orthodontic treatment, in which between 7 and 12 years were selected. They were subjected to lateral cephalometric radiographs, and cephalometric analysis of craniofacial morphology, tongue posture, hyoid bone position, upper airway, and head posture was performed and analyzed using independent t-test.
In the children with finger-sucking habit group, not only the maxilla was placed anteriorly in relation to the cranial base, but also increased Abstract xi in the length of the palate and the tongue posture. No significant alterations were seen in other parameters.
Changes were evident among the children with finger-sucking habits for the craniofacial morphology, tongue posture, upper airway, and head posture with no alteration in the hyoid bone position.
超过一定年龄后持续吮指被认为会对口面部结构产生许多有害影响。因此，本研究评估了有吮指习惯和无吮指习惯儿童的上气道改变情况。
我们对58名需要正畸治疗的错牙合畸形儿童进行了一项观察性研究，这些儿童年龄在7至12岁之间。对他们进行了头颅侧位X线片拍摄，并对颅面形态、舌位、舌骨位置、上气道和头部姿势进行了头影测量分析，使用独立样本t检验进行分析。
在有吮指习惯的儿童组中，不仅上颌相对于颅底向前移位，而且腭长度和舌位也增加。其他参数未见明显改变。
有吮指习惯的儿童在颅面形态、舌位、上气道和头部姿势方面有明显变化，舌骨位置无改变。
