This study will report on some of the conditions necessary for the presence of short or diminishing lower anterior face height and test the relationship between it and selected facial and occlusal variables. The sample consisted of 120 males with complete longitudinal orthodontic records at the ages of 6, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 years obtained from the serial experimental sample of the Burling...

how to cite this article:  inaloo s, katibeh p. guillain-barre syndrome presenting with bilateral facial nerve palsy. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter;8(1):69-71. objective this case study is about an 11-year-old girl with bilateral facial weakness, abnormal taste sensation, and deep tendon reflexes of both knees and ankles were absent. however, the muscle power of the lower and upper extremiti...

This study investigated the influence of changing lower face vertical proportion on the attractiveness ratings scored by lay people.Ninety-two social science students rated the attractiveness of a series of silhouettes with normal, reduced or increased lower face proportions. The random sequences of 10 images included an image with the Eastman normal lower face height relative to total face hei...

Individual and average growth patterns of the facial dimensions Nasion-Gnathion and Sella-Gonion, as related to statural growth were studied. The sample consisted of 134 girls aged 7-14 years. Data were analysed using a multivariate extension of the multilevel model for longitudinal data. The results confirmed that the mean growth curves of Nasion-Gnathion, Sella-Gonion and body height parallel...

BACKGROUND Craniometric variation in humans reflects different genetic and environmental influences. Long-term climatic adaptation is less likely to show an impact on size and shape variation in a small local area than at the global level. AIM The aim of this work was to assess the contribution of the particular environmental factors to body height and craniofacial variability in a small geog...

This study examines the relationship between facial morphology and nasal respiration. Nasal resistance to expiratory airflow, average volume flow rate, and temporal characteristics of the respiratory cycle were measured for twenty-eight adults. Subjects were categorized as having (1) normal facial proportions with competent lips (n = 10), (2) normal facial proportions with incompetent lips (n =...

Deviations in facial form are discussed. On the basis of previously published hypotheses, it is suggested that oropharyngeal development may be influenced by the posture, and function of the tongue, lips, and jaws. Attention is drawn to the relationship between a firm tongue to palate swallow, and the pump action of the palatine aponeurosis, which it is suggested is necessary for the aeration o...

It is widely accepted that an interaction exists between masticatory muscle function and craniofacial growth. In adults, correlations have been found between facial dimensions and jaw-muscle cross-sectional area, and between facial dimensions and masseter muscle thickness. Little is known about growth of the human masticatory muscles and its relation with facial dimensions at different ages. In...

PURPOSE To introduce a novel approach to analyze and model facial movements; and to quantify variations in facial movement caused by the extent of skeletal differences between the maxilla and mandible and the middle to lower facial heights. The hypothesis was that there are differences in facial movement related to the underlying facial skeleton which may be explained by the shape of the face r...