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[Cephalometric evaluation of patients with Turner syndrome. Authors' experience]
G Corvo1, G P Tartaro, F Stoppoloni
1Istituto di Chirurgia Orale e Maxillo-Facciale, Seconda Università degli Studi, Napoli.
Background And Methods:
The cranio-facial morphology has been evaluated on the basis of cephalometric studies in nine patients with Turner's syndrome. The aim of this study is to identify the growth model and the typical malocclusions of this syndrome. This study has been completed with an evaluation of mesio-distal dimension of permanent teeth.
Results:
According to the literature, the results show: a flattening of the basal skull; a cross-bite coming from a transversal dimension reduction of the upper maxilla. A Class II malocclusion was found in two patients. All the patients showed a mandibular retrusion associated to maxillary retrusion in eight cases. The growth direction was normal in all the patients.
Conclusions:
A reduction of the mesio-distal diameter in all of the permanent teeth, was also found. This last measure was evaluated using the study casts.