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Regardless of the disorder it accompanies, short stature is associated with similar craniofacial features characteristic of all short-statured children. Characteristic craniofacial features involve lesser dimensions of the cranial base and mandibular length, proportionately smaller posterior than anterior facial height, retrognathic face, and posterior rotation of the mandible. We also analyze orthodontic treatment in children affected by disorders associated with GH deficiency or provided with growth hormone treatment in the aspect of craniofacial growth. Recent publications show also the connection between growth hormone receptor polymorphism and craniofacial growth. Specialists and orthodontists treating short-statured children must be aware of the results of studies on craniofacial morphology and educate themselves on the topic of craniofacial growth in children with short stature. Moreover, knowledge of the influence of GH therapy on growth of craniofacial structures is necessary to decide the proper timing and planning of orthodontic treatment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics10020088","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,7]],"date-time":"2020-02-07T11:50:28Z","timestamp":1581076228000},"page":"88","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Craniofacial Morphology in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency and Turner Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Dorota","family":"W\u00f3jcik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dental Prosthetics, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iwona","family":"Be\u0144-Skowronek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology with Endocrine\u2014Metabolic Laboratory, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"179","DOI":"10.3109\/00016359509005969","article-title":"Endocrine regulation of craniofacial growth","volume":"53","author":"Pirinen","year":"1995","journal-title":"Acta Odontol. 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