Craniofacial features of patients with sickle cell anemia and sickle cell trait.

Conclusion: Patients with SCA and SCT exhibited characteristics of Class II skeletal pattern because of mandibular retrusion. Most patients showed no compensatory maxillary expansion, which was determined by the normal jaw length and absence of maxillary protrusion. PMID: 24592905 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Angle Orthodontist - March 4, 2014 Category: Dentistry Authors: Pithon MM, Palmeira LM, Barbosa AA, Pereira R, de Andrade AC, Coqueiro RD Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research