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Influence of BMI percentile on craniofacial morphology and development in adolescents,Part II: elevated BMI is associated with larger final facial dimensions.

Steven HancockAndrea CarmackMallory KocherErika Rezende SilvaTaylor SulkowskiEleanor NanneyChristina GravesKelly MitchellLaura Anne Jacox
Published in: European journal of orthodontics (2023)
Growth begins earlier in overweight and obese adolescents and continues at a rate similar to normal-weight children during orthodontic treatment, resulting in larger final skeletal dimensions. Orthodontics could begin earlier in overweight patients to time care with growth, and clinicians can anticipate that overweight/obese patients will finish treatment with proportionally larger, bimaxillary-prognathic craniofacial dimensions.
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