Oral findings in Noonan syndrome: report of a case.
Oral findings in a case of Noonan syndrome in an 8-year-old Japanese male are reported. Examination of the patient revealed a narrow, high-arched palate and an anterior open bite. Cephalometric measurements showed a wide gonial angle, a large mandibular plane angle, a large Y-axis and long facial height. It is suggested that the patient had a skeletal open-bite malocclusion, which included an abnormal swallowing habit.
Okada
Mitsugi
M
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan. mitsugi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Sasaki
Naoko
N
Kaihara
Yasutaka
Y
Okada
Rinzo
R
Amano
Hideaki
H
Miura
Kazuo
K
Kozai
Katsuyuki
K
D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities; D009634:Noonan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D024343:Open Bite / Q000209:etiology*; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D014716:Vertical Dimension