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Home Comparison of the upper airways from cephalometric radiographs of children with and...

Comparison of the upper airways from cephalometric radiographs of children with and without finger-sucking habit

Authors:

  • G. E. Salazar-Arboleda
    Dental Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University Foundation 'San Martin', Seat of Port Colombia, Colombia
  • A. M. Moncaleano-Arvalo
    Dental Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University Foundation 'San Martin', Seat of Port Colombia, Colombia
  • A. M. Rueda-Chartouni
    Dental Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University Foundation 'San Martin', Seat of Port Colombia, Colombia
  • M. Barreto
    Paediatric Unit Sant'Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy

ABSTRACT


Aim

Finger-sucking in early childhood can induce morphologic changes in the oropharynx and upper airways, which could
arise even in children without reported oral breathing. The aim of this study was to compare cephalometric findings in children with and
without finger sucking habit with respect to oral breathing.

Methods

Fifty-six children aged 4 to 12 years (28 with
diagnosis of finger sucking and 28 controls) treated at the Port Colombia Dental Clinic underwent cephalometric radiographs, from
which morphologic (n=11, whole skull), upper airways (n=10), hyoid bone (n=3) and postural (n=5) measurements were performed. The
unpaired t-test was used for comparison between groups.

Results

Both groups had similar age and gender distribution (7.9 yrs
2.9; M/F: 14/14). Patients with finger-sucking habit had a higher hard palate length from the anterior nasal spine to the
posterior nasal spine (finger-sucking subjects: 50.18 mm; controls: 46.91 mm; p = 0.0001) and distance from the epiglottic vallecula to
the posterior pharyngeal wall (finger-sucking subjects: 15.55 mm; controls: 13.36 mm; p = 0.0231) than control subjects. Patients with
finger-sucking habits also had a shorter distance from the posterior nasal spine to the adenoids (14.91 mm vs. 17.82 mm; p = 0.0173),
wider cranial-cervical angles (105.64 mm vs. 101.6 mm; p = 0.05) and lower hyoid bone positioning (14.55 mm vs. 11.82 mm; p =
0.0125) than controls.

Conclusion

Finger-sucking habit is associated with characteristic cephalometric changes even in children
without oral breathing, especially at the hyoid bone and postural measurements.

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Publication date:

Sep /2014

Keywords:

cephalometry, children, finger sucking, nasopharynx

Issue:

Vol.15 – n.3/2014

Page:

326 – 331

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: G. E. Salazar-Arboleda, A. M. Moncaleano-Arvalo, A. M. Rueda-Chartouni, M. Barreto (2014) "Comparison of the upper airways from cephalometric radiographs of children with and without finger-sucking habit", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 15(3), pp326-331. doi:
Vancouver: G. E. Salazar-Arboleda, A. M. Moncaleano-Arvalo, A. M. Rueda-Chartouni, M. Barreto. Comparison of the upper airways from cephalometric radiographs of children with and without finger-sucking habit. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2014Sep.1 [cited 2023Feb.03];15(3):326-331. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/comparison-of-the-upper-airways-from-cephalometric-radiographs-of-children-with-and-without-finger-sucking-habit/
MLA: G. E. Salazar-Arboleda, A. M. Moncaleano-Arvalo, A. M. Rueda-Chartouni, M. Barreto Comparison of the upper airways from cephalometric radiographs of children with and without finger-sucking habit. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2014;15(3):326-331

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