New insights on age-related association between nasopharyngeal airway clearance and facial morphology

Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-197

  Macari, A T ^a   Bitar, M A ^a   Ghafari, J G ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adenoid; Facies; Jaw relation; Malocclusion; Nasal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; AGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH BREATHING; NASAL BONE; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SOFT PALATE;

ADENOIDS; AGE FACTORS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOUTH BREATHING; NASAL BONE; NASOPHARYNX; OVERBITE; PALATE, SOFT; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SKULL BASE;

EID: 84864061131     PISSN: 16016335     EISSN: 16016343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-6343.2012.01540.x     Document Type: Article

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