title: Head posture and dentofacial morphology in subjects treated for scoliosis.
abstract: Head posture and dentofacial status of sixteen females and six males 12 to 34 years of age, who had been treated for scoliosis with a Boston-brace in their teens was investigated clinically and radiologically. When compared to an age and sex-matched sample the main findings were an increased craniocervical angle, particularly in frontal view; rotated orbital, maxillary and mandibular planes, a midline shift of the lower dental arch and a flattened atlas dorsal arch combined with an elongation of the dens axis. There was also a high prevalence of lateral malocclusions and developmentally missing premolars among the scoliotic patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huggare
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pirttiniemi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Serlo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000848:Anodontia / Q000209:etiology; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D001915:Braces; D002508:Cephalometry; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005145:Face; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000628:therapy*