Illustration of Maxillary Interincisor Dental Arch on 9-14 Years Old Beta Major Thalassemia Patients According On Gender

Title : Illustration of Maxillary Interincisor Dental Arch on 9-14 Years Old Beta Major Thalassemia Patients According On Gender (at Thalassemia Clinic of Pediatric Department of Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung in 2007) - Juandi - F1O03088

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ABSTRACT

Beta major thalassemia is an hereditary disease disorder that results in a failure to produce beta globin chains. Orofacial manifestations of beta thalassemia are prominent cheek bones, temporal bone, a protrusion of maxilla and the base of the nose appears to be retrusion. The aim of this study was to know the illustration of interincisor maxillary dental arch on beta major thalassemia patients.
This study was a descriptive using the survey technique. The sample consisted of 56 children collected by consecutive sampling. It was performed by molding the patient’s maxilla and measuring the width of interincisor dental arch.
The result of this study showed that the average width of interincisor maxillary dental arch on beta major thalassemia patients’ age 9-10 is 2.90 cm, 10-11 is 2.84 cm, 11-12 is 2.87 cm, 12-13 is 2.85 cm, 13-14 is 2.78 cm and the average width of interincisor dental arch on the boy is 2.90 cm while a girl is 2.74 cm.
The conclusion of the study showed that the width of interincisor dental arch on the thalassemia children is smaller than normal value and on the boys the width of interincisor dental arch is bigger than those on the girls.



Key words: beta major thalassemia, protrusion of maxilla, width of interincisor dental arch.

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