From: Scoliosis and dental occlusion: a review of the literature
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
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McMaster J (1965) Reference [7] | 3 clinical cases | Casual relationship between malocclusion and scoliosis, and viceversa | 3 adolescents | 10-15 years | After orthodontic treatment, the author observed the improvment of posture |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Rock and Baker (1972). Reference [9] | Case-report | Class II due to the weared cast | A girl | 14 years old | to recommend the use of a removable appliance to prevent the malocclusion before the surgeon operation and during the period of the wearing the cast. |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Dayan et al. (1977). Reference [10] | Transversal Case-control study | To compare facial morphology of children affected with scoliosis and treated with brace, with health children | 15 | 5-19 years (mean 10 years) | Children treated with braces (for their scoliosis) showed all vertical measurements of face significantly lower than the control group, and more protruted maxillary and mandibular bases |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Hotchcock HP (1969). Reference [8] | Observational study on prevalence | Plagiocephaly in subjects with scoliosis | 144 | Â | The study suggested the existence of an association between infantile scoliosis and plagiocephaly |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Ben-Bassat Y et al. (2006) Reference [16] | Observational study on prevalence | Prevalence of scoliosis in patients with ereditated malocclusion | 202 adolescents | 10-15 | The detection of hereditary orthodontic anomalies in young children allows the identification of a group of children who have a high risk of developing scoliosis in later years. |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Segatto et al. (2008) Reference [17] | Cohort study | Malocclusion in subjects with idiopathic scoliosis | 98 subjects with scoliosis and 705 controls | 6.2 - 25.3; mean age 13.9 +/- 3.5 | a significant higher prevalence of unilateral Angle class II (asymmetric class II malocclusion) was evident among the patients with scoliosis (21.9%) compared with the control group (8.5%). The differences between the two groups in the prevalence of the midline deviation were statistically significant both in the upper and the lower dental arches. |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Lippold C et al. (2003). Reference[18] | Case-control study | To evaluate the differences in occlusion | 28 with scoliosis and 68 health children | Mean age 14.7 +/- 2.3 | In the group of adolescents with scoliosis, infacts, the unilateral Angle class II relationship showed a significant higher prevalence respect to the control group |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Lippold et al. (2007) Reference[19] | Observational | To compare | 53 adult patients with Class II and Class III, but withut scoliosis | 24.6 +/- 9 | an orthopedic examination can be considered for patients undergoing an orthodontic-operative therapy, also when they don't show scoliosis. |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Korbmacher H. et al. (2007). Reference[22] | Case-control study | Prevalence of scoliosis in subjects with jaw deformity | 85 patients with jaw deformity and 20 control subjects | adults | Of the 85 patients with jaw deformity, 23 (27.1%) had a Cobb angle exceeding 10°. None of the control group had scoliosis exceeding 10°. |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Pedrotti et al. (2007). Reference[23] | Case-control | To assess the congruence of the laterality of cross-bite and the orthopaedic asymmetry | 55 children with unilateral cross-bite, and 55 children with asymmetric cervical spine (and no cross-bite) | 3-10 | among the children who revealed an asymmetric upper cervical spine, the unilateral crossbite was not necessarily combined with a pathological orthopaedic variable, |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Lippold et al. (2000) Reference[24] | A prevalence stuydy | Prevalence of bilateral crossbite in subjects with scoliosis | 428 | 9-14 | an incidence of scoliotic attitudes of 9.5%, with a statistically significant relationship among that disorders of posture, and the presence of ogival palate with bilateral crossbite |
Paper | Type | Main topic | Sample | Age | Main result |
Azuma Y et al. (1999); D'Attilio M et al. (2005); Poikela A et al. (1997); Nerder PH et al. (1999). | Animal studies | The appearence of scoliosis after an imbalance of occlusion | animals | / | these experimental studies revealed a high level of asymmetry in craniofacial structures, temporomandibular structures and muscle functions after an experimentally induced crossbite |