Hypertrophied Adenoid Effect on Occlusal Discrepancy in Children - Abstract
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of adenoid hypertrophy and sociodemographic variables on the occlusion of children and to compare the findings with that of control subjects.
Material and Method: 100 patients attain the maxillofacial department assessed prospectively for occlusal discrepancy and hypertrophied adenoid presence in Al-Salam Teaching Hospital / Iraq. Case Definition: children aged 3 to 12 years present with malocclusion regardless gender diagnosed clinically and radiographically then send for ENT consultation to confirm or exclude adenoid. Control Cases: as same as the case defined but without malocclusion send for consultant ENT to confirm adenoid presence or not. Data statistically analysed using SPSS version 20 with Odd ration. The significance level was set at p ? 0.05 and highly significant at p ? 0.01.
Result: 43 cases are detected as class II in group one and 7 are show class III manifestation. In the control group eight cases diagnosed as class II only the other rest are class I. High significant differences shown in cases have both occlusal discrepancy and adenoid. Odd ratio was calculated for the sample was equal to (11.15); which mean patient with malocclusion had eleven time to had an adenoid i.e., adenoid is a risk factors to malocclusion.
Conclusion: Finding may indicate that Class II individuals are predisposed to nasopharyngeal obstruction. Therefore, both dentists and ENT specialists should be made more aware of this through the use of simple, definitive, and well- known diagnostic tools and consultations