title: Orthodontic treatment after adenoidectomy patients: effect on jaw relations in saggital plane.
abstract: Adenoid hypertrophy is a normal phenomenon seen in young children. Adenoids may however be of large size or may not reduce in size in adulthood. Large adenoids may cause mouth breathing, overcrowding of teeth or otological symptoms. When adenoids are large and producing these effects, adenoidectomy is necessary. Adenoidectomy immensely benefits such patients but they may still continue to be habitual mouth breathers. This can lead to formation of long narrow face, labially protruded maxillary incisors and class 2 malocclusion. Immediate orthodontic treatment of such patients will improve facial profile and lead to class 1 (Angle) occlusion. We present here a study of 20 patients who were given early orthodontic treatment in postadenoidectomy period as compared to those patients who were not treated by orthodontist.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Ram Nagar, Dehradun, 248 140 Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Seema Diwan
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bist
authors.forename: Jhooma
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barthwala
keywords: Adenoidectomy; Class 1 occlusion; Class 2 malocclusion