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Published on: September 19, 2015
Sella turcica and craniofacial morphology in patients with palatally displaced canines: a retrospective study
M Tepedino1, M Laurenziello2, L Guida2
1Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, V.le S.Salvatore, Edificio Delta 6, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy. m.tepedino@hotmail.it.
Background:
The aim of the study was to evaluate the sella and craniofacial morphological features in growing patients with palatally displaced canines compared to controls.
Materials And Methods:
Twenty-two subjects with palatally displaced canines were retrospectively selected and compared to 22 controls matched for age and gender. Lateral cephalograms were collected and sagittal and vertical cephalometric variables were measured, together with sella interclinoid distance, sella depth, and sella diameter. The independent samples T-test or Mann-Whitney U-test were used to compare all the variables between the two groups. A Pearson correlation was computed for the craniofacial and sella variables that differed significantly (p < 0.05) between the groups.
Results:
Patients with palatally displaced canines showed a smaller interclinoid distance and a greater SNA angle than control subjects. The interclinoid distance and the SNA angle were negatively correlated (-0.52, p = 0.017) in the experimental group.
Conclusions:
Growing patients with palatally displaced canines had smaller sella interclinoid distances and a greater SNA angle than control subjects.
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