Open AccessTongue thrust and malocclusion: A longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Marvin Hanson,
Mary Andrianopoulos
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
the international journal of orofacial myology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2694-2526
pISSN - 0735-0120
DOI - 10.52010/ijom.1981.7.3.2
Subject(s) - tongue , longitudinal study , closing (real estate) , malocclusion , longitudinal data , orthodontics , thrust , dentistry , medicine , demography , engineering , political science , sociology , pathology , law , aerospace engineering
The closing phase of this longitudinal study of tongue thrust, started in I 967 by Hanson and associates, is reported. Data were gathered over a period of 13½ years, starting with a ,group of 225 children with a mean age of 4 years, 9 months. Of this group, 61 were located and examined at or near age 18. The findings from this final evaluation are analyzed.