Introduction: Deviated nasal septum may cause a reduction of the nasal airflow, thus, during the craniofacial development, a reduced nasal airflow could originate a chronic mouth-breathing pattern, related with moderate to severe maxillary constriction. The aim of this retrospective study is to analyze the correlation between maxillary transverse deficiency and nasal septum deviation.Methods: Frontal cephalograms were performed on 66 posterior-anterior radiographs of subjects (34M, 32F; mean age 9.95 +/- 2.50 years) with maxillary transverse deficiency and on a control group of 31 posterior-anterior radiographs of subjects (13M, 18F; 9.29 +/- 2.08 years). Angular parameters of the nasal cavities were recorded and compared between the two groups using a Student's t-test.Results: Generally all the parameters are very similar between the two groups except for the ASY angle that differs for about the 27%; anyway the Student's t-test showed no statistically significant differences between the two groups (mostly p > 0.20).Conclusions: This study failed to show an association between transverse maxillary deficiencies and nasal septum deviations. Moreover, no significant differences were found between the mean nasal cavities dimensions in subjects with transverse maxillary deficiency and the control group. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Is there a correlation between nasal septum deviation and maxillary transversal deficiency? A retrospective study on prepubertal subjects

Cozza, Paola
2016-01-01

Abstract

Introduction: Deviated nasal septum may cause a reduction of the nasal airflow, thus, during the craniofacial development, a reduced nasal airflow could originate a chronic mouth-breathing pattern, related with moderate to severe maxillary constriction. The aim of this retrospective study is to analyze the correlation between maxillary transverse deficiency and nasal septum deviation.Methods: Frontal cephalograms were performed on 66 posterior-anterior radiographs of subjects (34M, 32F; mean age 9.95 +/- 2.50 years) with maxillary transverse deficiency and on a control group of 31 posterior-anterior radiographs of subjects (13M, 18F; 9.29 +/- 2.08 years). Angular parameters of the nasal cavities were recorded and compared between the two groups using a Student's t-test.Results: Generally all the parameters are very similar between the two groups except for the ASY angle that differs for about the 27%; anyway the Student's t-test showed no statistically significant differences between the two groups (mostly p > 0.20).Conclusions: This study failed to show an association between transverse maxillary deficiencies and nasal septum deviations. Moreover, no significant differences were found between the mean nasal cavities dimensions in subjects with transverse maxillary deficiency and the control group. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
2016
Cephalometry
Maxillary transverse deficiency
Nasal cavities
Nasal septum
Adolescent
Cephalometry
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Maxilla
Maxillary Diseases
Nasal Cavity
Nasal Septum
Retrospective Studies
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