Avaliação do crescimento crânio-facial em cardiopatas e não cardiopatas: estudo longitudinal

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Tatiana Araújo de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/14091
• topic: Craniofacial growth; Cephalometrics; Congenital heart disease; Crescimento crânio-facial; Cefalometria; Cardiopatia congênita; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA::ORTODONTIA

The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the changes in craniofacial growth pattern of patients with congenital heart diseases. The sample comprised 43 pacients aged between seven and twelve who were under routine clinical care at Pedro Ernesto University Hospital. All pacients were reavaluated between a period of eigth and ten years. While the cardiopatic group was composed of 50 males and 38 females, the rest of the sample showing no heart disease included 20 males and 23 females. When comparing the cephalometric measurements between the groups, a significant difference was found in vertical anterior superior and inferior facial height. The skeletal pattern showed a maxillary protrusion in the group without heart disease and a mandibular protrusion in both groups with and without heart disease. Both groups also showed a balanced horizontal and vertical growth tendency and the dental pattern revealed an incisor protrusion, with the lower ones being more proclined in relation to the basal bone. The aesthetic pattern showed a retrusion in the upper and lower lip position, considering both groups and when considering the vertical pattern, both group presented a vertical tendency, characterized by significant decrease of the anterior superior facial height and an increase of the anterior inferior facial height in group with heart disease.