Clinical Study
Outcomes of Recurrent Acute Otitis Media in Children Treated for Dental Malocclusion: A Preliminary Report
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics according to group distribution (group A: dental malocclusion, group B: normal occlusion).
| | Group A | Group B |
| Number of patients | 32 | 29 | Female/male patients | 20/12 | 15/14 | Mean age in years () | 6.6 (1.9) | 5.3 (1.9) | Patients with positive skin test | 3 | 0 | Patients with adenoid hypertrophy | 13† | 10‡ | Patients exposed to passive smoke | 3 | 3 | Day-care or school attendance (%) | 100 | 100 | Number of previous acute episodes in 12 months (SD) | 6.3 (2.7) | 6.0 (2.4) |
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: standard deviation. †Grade 2 in 8 patients and grade 3 in 5. ‡Grade 2 in 6 patients and grade 3 in 4.
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