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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1982

The Development of Septal and Dental Deformity from Birth

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Page Range: 265 – 278
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1982)052<0265:TDOSAD>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

The growth of the nasal septum, maxilla, mandible and dental alignment was followed in 145 subjects from birth to about the age of 6 years. A clear relationship was found between septal deformity at birth and later deformity of the maxilla and dental malocclusion.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Lindsay P. Gray, M.B., B.S., D.L.O., F.R.A.C.S. is Consultant Emeritus Otolaryngologist to the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

Peter Dillon, M.D.Sc.(W.A.), D.D.P.H., R.C.S.(Eng.) is Visiting Orthodontist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

William Brogan, D.D.O., R.F.P.S., F.R.A.C.D.S. is Consultant Orthodontist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

Patrick Henry, B.D.Sc.(W.A.), M.S.D. (Indiana), F.R.A.C.D.S. is Consultant Prosthodontist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

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