title: Study on the correlation between tongue size and openbite.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Zhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yinzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Yuzhen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: 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