Open AccessThe effect of mouth breathing on dentofacial morphology of growing child
Author(s) -
Sonia Malhotra,
Rahul Pandey,
Amit Nagar,
Agarwal Sp,
VK Gupta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.95572
Subject(s) - mouth breathing , gonial angle , dentistry , medicine , nose , cephalometry , orthodontics , expiration , malocclusion , breathing , surgery , anatomy , respiratory system , radiography
The oral mode of respiration cause postural adaptations of structures in the head and neck region producing the effect on the positional relationship of the jaws.