title: [Relationship between the obstructive character of the tonsils and the sagittal cephalometric measurements].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The role of obstructive tonsils in the sagittal dimension of the skeleton-dental abnormalities is widely discussed in the literature but remains controversial. Data on the probable relationship between obstructive tonsils and the presence of these abnormalities were subjective. The objective of this study was to quantify the relationship between the obstructive character of the tonsils and the sagittal cephalometric measurements.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was performed in children aged between 6 to 12 years divided into 2 groups (A and B) according to the obstructive character of the tonsils. Cephalometric measurements were recorded on each child. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 for Windows. At Student test was used to compare quantitative variables according to the obstructive character of the tonsils. Significance was set at p = 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects with obstructive tonsils (group B) are significantly more trend to have a convex facial profile and a skeletal class II with more mandibular retrusion and retroclined incisor compared with subjects without obstructive tonsils (group A).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early evaluation of children with obstructive tonsils can prevent sagittal dimension of the squeleto-dental abnormalities caused by upper airway obstruction. Thus late and more aggressive treatments which are not always as efficient as when they were performed during childhood will be avoided.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Ngom
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Fadiga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diop-Ba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badiane
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sonko
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diagne
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002680:Chin / Q000473:pathology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000175:diagnosis; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology