Cranial-Vertebral-Maxillary Morphological Integration in Down Syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Morphological integration refers to the tendency of anatomical structures to show correlated variations because they develop in response to shared developmental processes or function in concert with other structures. The objective of this study was to determine the relationships between the dimensions of different cranial-cervical-facial structures in patients with Down syndrome (DS). The study group consisted of 41 individuals with DS who had undergone cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) at the Dental Radiology Unit of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). In the historical archive of this same unit, 41 CBCTs belonging to individuals with no known systemic disorders or severe malformations of the maxillofacial region were selected, forming an age and sex-matched control group

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Garcia MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027221 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature