Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The purpose of this study was to provide information concerning
occlusion and related problems in cerebral palsied children.
A group of 124 cerebral palsied children between the ages of 6
and 12 years were examined at the Cerebral Palsy Dental Clinic,
Indiana University. The occlusion was evaluated according to Angle's
classification. In addition, a recording was made of overjet, over-bite, open bite, cuspid relationships, crossbite and midline discrepancies.
The examination included a clinical evaluation of the
swallowing pattern of each child. The cerebral palsy classification
and I.Q. scores were recorded for each cerebral palsied child after
a comprehensive review of his medical record. These findings were
compared with a control group of 141 similar aged non-cerebral palsied
children examined at Indiana University, Pedodontic department.
The cerebral palsied group had an average increased overjet of 0.8 mm. and an average decreased overbite of 0.5 mm., representing an
upward and outward positioning of the maxillary anterior segment.
Anterior open bite was present in a similar percentage of both
groups, but in the cerebral palsied group the measurement recorded
was more than twice as great as that recorded in the control group.
Forty-four per cent of the cerebral palsied children exhibited
bruxism, more than twice the percentage of cases recorded in the control
group. The cerebral palsied children exhibited bruxism most
frequently in the day time, and was most common in the athetoid group.
Other measurements recorded were not significantly different
between the two groups.
From this study one can conclude that malocclusion and factors
affecting occlusion are not found with greater frequency in cerebral
palsied children.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/3684 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Rosenbaum, Charles Herbert, 1935- |
| Source Sets | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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