title: [Cephalometric changes in acromegaly].
abstract: Acromegaly represents the endocrine disease which includes the somatic and metabolic disorders secondly resulting to the augmentation of the Growth Hormone secretion after the growth cartilages closing (in adult). In this case we can find very important troubles which characterize all the specific elements of the stomatognathic system. The cranio-facial skeleton has a specific configuration, the mandible is developed in excess and the relationships between the maxilla, the mandible and the skull are strongly modified. These and the structural bony troubles, the bony asymmetries involve periodontal, muscular and articular disturbances. In this study we want to describe the craniofacial cephalometric qualitative and quantitative disorders and to emphasize their implications in the onset and the evolution of the stomatognathic system dysfunctional syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Protetică Dentară, Facultatea de Stomatologie, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa, Iaşi.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morăraşu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Burlui
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zbranca
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*