RT  - Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
ID  - 10.17796/jcpd.28.2.mj7311l03m257134
T1  - Relationship between mandibular deviation and ocular
convergence
A1  - A. Monaco
A1  - O. Streni
A1  - M.C. Marci
A1  - L. Sabetti
A1  - G. Marzo
A1  - M. Giannoni
YR  - 2004
SP  - 135
AB  - <p>Recent studies have confirmed the relationship between head posture, mandibular position and visual
</p><p>focusing. A case-controlled study was conducted to assess the occurrence of ocular convergence
</p><p>defects between subjects with functional mandibular latero-deviation and healthy subjects in pediatric
</p><p>age. Sixty subjects (the study group) presented mandibular latero-deviation classified as functional
</p><p>according to the use of a clinical examination and frontal and basal tele-radiography. Sixty subjects
</p><p>without functional mandibular laterodeviation (control group) were selected randomly from all
</p><p>subjects seeking pediatric dental care and matched by gender and age to study group. All one hundred
</p><p>and twenty subjects were submitted to orthoptic tests performed by the same operator. These results
</p><p>seemed to confirm that in mandibular latero-deviation subjects ocular convergence defects occurred
</p><p>in greater frequency than in controls underlining the importance of role of pediatric dentistry among
</p><p>interdisciplinary cooperation.</p>