Dentofacial characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

YILDIRIM D. , Turkkahraman H., Yilmaz H. H. , Gungor A. Y. , Ugan Y.

CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS, vol.17, no.7, pp.1677-1683, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00784-012-0861-7
  • Title of Journal : CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
  • Page Numbers: pp.1677-1683
  • Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, Dentofacial morphology, Cephalometry, JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR-JOINT, DENTAL OCCLUSION, MORPHOLOGY, DISEASE, OSTEOARTHRITIS, ADULTS, SYSTEM

Abstract

The aims of this study are to evaluate the dentofacial morphology of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to compare the morphological data with those of healthy age- and sex-matched control subjects.