Resumen

CARULLA MARTINEZ, Dariel; ESPINOSA QUIROS, Desiderio  y  MESA LEVY, Tania. Cephalometry study of hyoid bone in children aged 11 mouth-breathing (second part). Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2010, vol.47, n.2, pp. 178-188. ISSN 1561-297X.

A correlation between the behavior of hyoid bone location and the maxilla and the mandible growth, the cérvico-basio-hyoid angles and the lower posterior aerial space from the cephalometry point of view in a group of patients mouth-breathing. The medical records from 60 patients aged 11 seen in the Orthodontics consultation from the health area of Stomatology Faculty were reviewed. We used matrix of Pearson's linear correlation to assess the hyoid bone location regarding such variables; noting a bone drop and significant relations with above variables reflecting the maxillary and mandibular growth, the spinal column position (cervical segment) and the head; as well ass the posterior aerial space of the pharynx with a 5 % significance level.

Palabras clave : Hyoid bone; cephalometry; higher airways.

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