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J Dent Res 54(4): 767-771, 1975
© 1975 International and American Associations for Dental Research
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Variations of Palatal Dimensions in Patients with Down's Syndrome

GARY H. WESTERMAN 1, RONALD JOHNSON 1, and M. MICHAEL COHEN 1

1 Dentistry for Children, Creighton University, School of Dentistry, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA; Pediatric Dentistry, Martin Luther King, Jr. General Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90059; and Department of Oral Pathology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Palatal dimensions (width, depth, and height) of 40 patients with Down's syndrome were compared to 44 control patients. The height was measured with a specially designed palatal-height gauge. The palatal dimensions of patients with Down's syndrome were narrower in width, shorter in depth, and lower in height.

Submitted on July 18, 1974
Accepted on November 12, 1974




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