Relationships between swallowing pattern, mode of respiration, and development of malocclusion.
A study of children in northern Italy finds positive but complex relationships between malocclusion and both respiration and swallowing patterns.
Melsen
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B
Attina
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L
Santuari
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M
Attina
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D003679:Deglutition; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003718:Denmark; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009058:Mouth Breathing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012119:Respiration; D014061:Tongue Habits