The influence of snoring, mouth breathing and apnoea on facial morphology in late childhood: a three-dimensional study.

Ala Al AliStephen RichmondHashmat PopatRebecca PlayleTimothy PicklesAlexei I ZhurovDavid Marshall Paul L RosinJohn HendersonKaren Bonuck

Published in: BMJ open (2015)

The combination of a long face, reduced nose prominence and width, and a retrognathic mandible may be diagnostic facial features of SBD that may warrant a referral to specialists for the evaluation of other clinical symptoms of SDB.

Keyphrases

primary care
soft tissue
positive airway pressure
depressive symptoms
sleep apnea