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| Title |
Soft Tissue Profile Changes Occur From Late Adolescence To Late Adulthood In Persons With No History Of Orthodontic Therapy |
| Clinical Question |
Does the soft tissue profile change from late adolescence to late adulthood in persons with no history of orthodontic therapy? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
Several changes observed in the soft tissue profile from late adolescence to late adulthood were noted as significant. |
| Best Evidence |
(you may view more info by clicking on the PubMed ID link) |
| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| #1) 18929267 | Pecora / 2008 | 39 adolescent humans followed to late adulthood | Prospective Clinical study | | Key results | Several soft tissue profile features showed statistically significance change from late adolescence to late adulthood. The upper lip length increased by 4.6 mm, upper lip thickness decreased by 5 mm, soft tissue thickness at pogonion increased by 1.2 mm, and the nasal tip and columella drooped by 2.9 and 2.7 mm, respectively. All listed changes demonstrated a p-value <0.01. | |
| Evidence Search |
((("Humans"[MeSH Terms]) AND "Longitudinal Studies"[MeSH Terms]) AND "Cephalometry/statistics and numerical data"[MeSH Terms]) AND "Aging"[MAJR] |
Comments on
The Evidence |
This was an uncontrolled prospective clinical study of 39 orthodontically untreated subjects from the University of Michigan Elementary and Secondary School Growth Study in which a cephalometric radiograph was taken at ages 17.4 +/- 0.7, 46 +/- 3.3, and 57.2 +/- 3.5 years for 19 men, and at 17.2 +/- 0.8, 47.5 +/- 3.4, 58.5 +/- 3.7 years for 20 women to evaluate both soft tissue and skeletal changes over time. Examiners were blinded to the identity of subjects. |
| Applicability |
Mean ages of the included subjects ranged from 17.2 to 58.5 years. Thirty-nine subjects with no history of orthodontic treatment participated in the study (19 men and 20 women). Ethnicity, dental health, or medical health of subjects could not be assessed. |
| Specialty/Discipline |
(Orthodontics) |
| Keywords |
Soft tissue profile, orthodontics, growth, maturation
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| ID# |
2157 |
| Date of submission: |
10/07/2011 |
| E-mail |
parkerj4@uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Joshua Parker |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor/Co-author |
Clarence C. Bryk, DDS, MS |
| Faculty mentor/Co-author e-mail |
BRYKC@uthscsa.edu |
Basic Science Rationale
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
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by Jonathan Abay Jennifer La (San Antonio, TX) on 11/28/2017
A PubMed search was conducted in November 2017, and no recent research on the topic was found. Many articles explained the soft tissue profile changes with aging but not as they relate to a lack in orthodontic treatment. More studies over a long period of time are needed to show differences, if they exist, in soft tissue changes in patients with/without orthodontic treatment. | |
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