Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This study sought to determine if the dental and oro-facial
complex of cerebral palsied patients is different from that of
the non-cerebral palsied.
Twenty-six cerebral palsied patients between the ages of seven
and 18 were examined. A history was taken and a data sheet was
completed to record molar and cuspid relationships. The function
of. the tongue and lips during swallow was also recorded.
Cephalometric and hand and wrist radiographs were taken of
each patient. The cephalometric measurements were statistically
compared with the normative data of a non-cerebral palsied group.
This analysis revealed the cranial flexure angle to be more acute
and the gonial angle to be more obtuse.
Comparison of the hand and wrist plates with normal standards
did not show wide enough differences to conclude that cerebral
palsied patients' skeletal age deviates from the chronological age.
Although there was a difference in some cephalometric measurements,
there is no evidence in this study to show that the incidence
of malocclusion and the incidence of factors that contribute to
malocclusion are found with greater frequency among cerebral
palsied patients.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/4147 |
| Date | January 1967 |
| Creators | Fetters, Max E. (Max Eugene), 1930- |
| Source Sets | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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