Morphological analysis of the skeletal development in lateral cephalometric radiographs of HIV infected children ongoing Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

• Letícia-Pereira Possagno ^[1] ; Ademir Franco ^[4] ; Luiz-Renato Paranhos ^[2] ; Liliane-Janete Grando ^[5] ; Antonio-Adilson-Soares de Lima ^[1] ; Ilana-Sanamaika-Queiroga Bezerra ^[3] ; Ângela Fernandes ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade Federal do Paraná

     Universidade Federal do Paraná

     Brasil

     
  2. [2] Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

     Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

     Brasil

     
  3. [3] Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

     Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

     Brasil

     
  4. [4] Department of Therapeutic Stomatology, Institute of Dentistry, Sechenov University, Russia
  5. [5] Department of Pathology, Center of Health Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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• Localización: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed. inglesa, ISSN-e 1698-6946, Vol. 23, Nº. 6 (November ), 2018
• Idioma: inglés
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  • To investigate the skeletal development of HIV infected children through a morphological analysis of the cervical vertebrae (CV) in lateral cephalometric radiographs.

    The sample consisted of 86 lateral cephalometric radiographs of male and female children aged between 6 and 14 years old. The radiographs were equally distributed in groups 1 (HIV infected children) and 2 (non-infected children, paired by sex and age). Two examiners analyzed the CV according to the method of Hassel and Farman (1995). Spearman correlation coefficient was used to associate age and skeletal development within groups, while Mann-Whitney test compared the skeletal development between groups.

    The correlation of age and skeletal development in group 1 reached 0.17, 0.27 and 0.27 (p >0.05) for C2, C3 and C4, respectively, while in group 2 it reached 0.65, 0.54 and 0.60, respectively (p <0.001). Differences were not significant between groups (p >0.05).

    HIV infected and non-infected children showed a similar development of the CV. However, the weak correlation between age and CV development in HIV infected children highlights the need for careful decisions prior to therapeutic approaches – especially those founded on the prediction of skeletal development, such as maxillofacial surgeries, and orthopedic and orthodontic procedures.