Korean Journal of Orthodontics  1986;16(2):99-106

A comparative study of the tongue, mandible and hyoid bone position between the adenoid hypertrophied children and the normal children.

Gong Geun LEE 1 ; Young Kyu RYU

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Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

The author studied 21 adenoid hypertrophied children and 50 normal children by the horizontal, vertical and angular measurements to analyze, the effects of the lymphadenoid hypertrophy to the tongue, mandible, and hyoid bone position. The results were as follows; 1. The tongue of the Adenoid hypertrophy children was positioned more anterior and lower than that of the normal children. 2. The horizontal, vertical, and angular measurements of the mandible position were larger in the experimental group and especially ANS to ME, PNS to MP, PTM to MP, PP to MP, FOP to MP showed statistically significant difference. 3. The measurements of the hyoid bone position were also larger in the experimental group.