Relationship between growth of facial morphology and chronologic age in preschool children with obstructive sleep apnea
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Midface Hypoplasia and Cranial Base Morphology in Syndromic Craniosynostosis: A Comparative Analysis Study Using a Predictive Regression Model
Published on: November 4, 2025
Shigeto Kawashima1, Koichiro Ueda2, Mitsuyo Shinohara2
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Hongo 3-1-3, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo 113-8431 ; Division of Orthodontics, Department of Human Development and Fostering, Meikai University, School of Dentistry, Keyakidai 1-1, Sakado, Saitama Prefecture 350-0283.
Background:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between facial morphology using cephalometry and chronologic age in preschool children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Materials And Methods:
From a group of lateral cephalometric radiographs taken of 35 children with OSA for diagnostic purposes, 15 were selected for the present investigation based on head position. The subjects consisted of preschool children with both OSA and primary dentition, all of them with a lowest documented SpO(2) <90% and a lowest 0
Results:
The present findings reveal that, compared to the controls, OSA children had a narrower pharyngeal airway space related to OSA. In addition, we found that, although there were direct correlations between heights, nasal floor and corpus length, with chronologic age in the controls, there was no significant correlation between height, nasal floor length or corpus length with age in the OSA children.
Conclusion:
Obstructive sleep apnea in children may be associated with growth disturbances of the nasal floor and corpus length.
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