Impact of mouth breathing on nasal cavity and maxillary formation in children with adenoids
<i>Introduction</i>: The aim of the study was to evaluate a possible impact of mouth breathing because of an adenoid hypertrophy on nasal cavity and maxillary formation. <i>Materials & Methods</i>: Cone-Beam Computer tomography assessment was obtained in 47 children. Material was divided into two groups. The first one (n=23) consisted of the patients with mouth breathing because of adenoid hypertrophy, to the second group (n=24) were included children without any organic pathology within a nasal cavity or nasopharinx. <i>Results</i>: The significant differences with respect to parameters of nasopharinx appeared among the groups. The inappropriate respiratory habits find their reflection mainly within upper transverse (t=2.94; p=0.011) & sagittal (t=2.81; p=0,014) parameters of nasopharinx and premolar width (t=4.18; p=0.001).