Tonsillar tissue effect on occlusal development: literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Keskinen, Fanni Teresa
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10284/10649
• topic: Tonsils; Adenoids; Occlusion; Malocclusion; Amígdalas; Adenóides; Oclusão; Maloclusão; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Médicas::Medicina Clínica

The aim of the study is to make a systematic review of the literature on the effect of tonsil tissue on the development of bite. The tonsils are mostly made up of lymphoid tissue and the epithelium is rich in lymphocytes. They react to the antigens and produce antibodies against them in the tonsils. They are greatest in infants and just before puberty shrink. Excessive growth of a child’s tonsils can make it difficult to breathe through your nose. As a result, the child may be forced to keep his mouth open and breathe through it. In oral breathing, the head is tilted backwards, the mandibular and tongue are lowered. This causes a change in the balance of the muscle and changes the pressure in the jaw as well as the teeth, which can eventually change the shape of the face and the development of the bite. Connection to the occurrence of tonsil tissues and specific skeletal patterns are a topic that is still debated.