Restricted nasal respiration, influence on facial growth.
Used as models on restricted nasal respiration, 11 individuals with a unilateral inborn occlusion of the nose were examined with regard to growth of the mid-facial skeleton. The preference to oral breathing, also a fairly constant feature in patients with chronic or allergic rhinitis with hyperplasia of the pharynx tonsil, appeared to result in a significant underdevelopment of the maxilla in the saggittal plane.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009058:Mouth Breathing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000002:abnormalities