Abstract

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the sella and craniofacial morphological features in growing patients with palatally displaced canines compared to controls.
Materials and methods: Twenty-two subjects with palatally displaced canines were retrospectively selected and compared to 22 controls matched for age and gender. Lateral cephalograms were collected and sagittal and vertical cephalometric variables were measured, together with sella interclinoid distance, sella depth, and sella diameter. The independent samples T-test or Mann-Whitney U-test were used to compare all the variables between the two groups. A Pearson correlation was computed for the craniofacial and sella variables that differed significantly (p < 0.05) between the groups.
Results: Patients with palatally displaced canines showed a smaller interclinoid distance and a greater SNA angle than control subjects. The interclinoid distance and the SNA angle were negatively correlated (–0.52, p = 0.017) in the experimental group.
Conclusions: Growing patients with palatally displaced canines had smaller sella interclinoid distances and a greater SNA angle than control subjects.

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Title
Sella turcica and craniofacial morphology in patients with palatally displaced canines: a retrospective study
Author
Tepedino, M. 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Laurenziello, M. 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Guida, L. 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Montaruli, G. 2 ; Grassia, V. 3 ; Chimenti, C. 4 ; Campanelli, M. 2 ; Ciavarella, D. 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, V.le S.Salvatore, Edificio Delta 6, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy. [email protected] 
2  Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Via Luigi Rovelli 48, 71122 Foggia, Italy 
3  Multidisciplinary Department of Medical‐Surgical and Dental Specialties, Second University of Naples, Via Luigi de Crecchio 6, 80138 Naples, Italy 
4  Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, V.le S.Salvatore, Edificio Delta 6, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy 
First page
51
End page
57
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Via Medica
ISSN
00155659
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5603/FM.a2019.0050
ProQuest document ID
2464209464
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