Association between adenoid-to-tonsil size ratio and craniofacial characteristics in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy: a cross-sectional study
Liang Li, Peter Ngan, Tingting Zhao, Hong He · 2026
Read Association between adenoid-to-tonsil size ratio and craniofacial characteristics in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy: a cross-sectional study by Liang Li, Peter Ngan, Tingting Zhao, Hong He (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13247104.txt.
Description
Li, Ngan, and Zhao measured children's faces against their throat anatomy in this 2026 Progress in Orthodontics study. Enlarged adenoids and tonsils obstruct breathing and are suspected of steering jaw growth, but studies disagree on the facial pattern. The team took side-view head X-rays of five hundred sixty-three children aged six to ten, computing each enlarged child's ratio of adenoid to tonsil size.
Children whose tonsils dominated showed a more forward, overgrown lower jaw pattern, while those whose adenoids dominated tended toward a downward-rotated jaw. The balance between the two tissues tracked with facial measurements across the group, and age modified some of the links. The authors urge timely airway assessment in orthodontic practice, since the growth pattern may depend on which tissue dominates.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Liang Li, Peter Ngan, Tingting Zhao, Hong He |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |