title: Relationships between swallowing pattern, mode of respiration, and development of malocclusion.
abstract: A study of children in northern Italy finds positive but complex relationships between malocclusion and both respiration and swallowing patterns.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melsen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Attina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santuari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Attina
mesh_terms: 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