Open AccessMalocclusion and craniofacial characteristics in Saudi adolescents with sickle cell disease
Author(s) -
Ahmed Basyouni,
Naif Nasser Almasoud,
Khalifa S. AlKhalifa,
Badr Al-Jandan,
Osama Abdulsalam Al Sulaiman,
Muhammad Ashraf Nazir
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
saudi journal of medicine and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1658-631X
pISSN - 2321-4856
DOI - 10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_142_17
Subject(s) - medicine , malocclusion , overjet , craniofacial , dentistry , crossbite , disease , cephalometry , cephalometric analysis , cohort , orthodontics , sickle cell anemia , psychiatry
Sickle cell disease can result in dentofacial abnormalities. However, in Saudi Arabia, there are limited data with respect to orthodontic manifestations in patients with sickle cell disease.