Study on the correlation between tongue size and openbite.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the correlation between tongue size and openbite.


METHODS
The tongue size of the openbite patients and the subjects with normal occlusion was measured by B-type ultrasonic imaging respectively. The tongue size of the openbite patients and the subjects with normal occlusion was compared.


RESULTS
The tongue size in openbite group was larger than in normal occlusion group. The difference was statistically significant.


CONCLUSIONS
Tongue size was related to the openbite.
Cao
Jun
J
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
Lin
Zhu
Z
Duan
Yinzhong
Y
Zhang
Yuzhen
Y
Guo
Jun
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D024343:Open Bite / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014059:Tongue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods