title: Assessment of head tilt in young children with unilateral posterior crossbite by video recording.
abstract: 14 children with unilateral posterior crossbites (PCB) participated in this study and 14 children with Angle's class I occlusion. Body posture analysis was made by a video recording technique. The results showed greater tilt in the angles of head tilt in PCB children when compared to neutral occlusion children. We also observed that head tilt followed the side of crossbite. Such results suggest that unilateral PCB could be related to the development of head tilt on the same side of the crossbite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomechanics, Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Locomotor Apparatus, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo. deborabg@fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Débora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bevilaqua-Grossi
authors.forename: Thaís Cristina
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: Margarete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lovato
authors.forename: Anamaria Siriani
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Simone Cecílio Hallak
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Regalo
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000886:Anthropometry; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006257:Head; D019416:Head Movements; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000150:complications*; D011187:Posture; D012016:Reference Values; D014743:Videotape Recording