endocrinal disorders and skeletal growth
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International
Orthodontics
2006 ; 4 : 228
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Editorial
Endocrinal disorders and skeletal growth
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he role of the orthodontist is to correct alignment and occlusion defects while dealing withmore or less favourable growth. Many practitioners, in their daily practice, give no consideration tocranio-maxillo-facial dysmorphoses which accompany these disruptions of general growth on thegrounds that they are so rare. At a time when continuing education is a must, it is the duty of clinicians to extend and update theirmedical knowledge notably regarding growth regulation factors, among which endocrinal factorshold a leading position. We have conducted a review of literature regarding the cranio-maxillo-facial impact of endocrinalimbalances, in order to highlight the need to cooperate with the medical team and to allow orthodon-tists to complete their case histories, refine their diagnoses and adapt their treatments. Indeed, toquote the editorial by George Morgan in n° 2 of June 2004: “in every scientific field, excellence ismore and more synonymous with exchange of information”.
This study comprises three chapters which, given the scope of the topic, will be published in succession.The first fundamental part is devoted to the organization of the craniofacial skeleton, the genesinvolved in growth and to a presentation of the different hormones which contribute to its develop-ment. The second and third instalments will deal with the craniofacial impairments encountered,respectively, in endocrinal imbalances occurring in the setting of genetic anomalies and in acquiredendocrinopathies.
Amandine BESSON