title: Occlusal Characteristics of Individuals with Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature, and Russell-Silver Syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess the occlusal characteristics of individuals with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), idiopathic short stature (ISS), and Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS), and compare them to the means of a normal population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data about the stage of dentition, diastema, maxillary transverse deficiency, overjet, overbite, molar classification, and maxillary and mandibular crowding were obtained from orthodontic screening notes and standardized clinical exams of children with growth disorders seen at screening events. The prevalence of these occlusal characteristics was calculated and compared to the pooled mean of a normal population as determined by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty RSS subjects and 16 subjects with GHD or ISS were studied. The RSS cohort presented statistically significant greater mean overbite as well as mandibular and maxillary crowding compared to the general population. Descriptive statistics were performed for the GHD and ISS group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occlusal abnormalities are prevalent in children with growth disorders.
authors.affiliation: private practice in Little Rock, Ark., USA.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hodge
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill., USA. caevans@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Carla A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark., USA.
authors.forename: Kirt E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill., USA.
authors.forename: Shahrbanoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fadavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill., USA.
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Viana
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D004393:Dwarfism, Pituitary / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D056730:Silver-Russell Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone