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The development of facial structures follows similar traits to the sella turcica: glandular anomalies may be associated with functional disorders, e.g., altered hormonal levels, thus influencing dental development. The aim of this study is to find out if there is any association between the morphology of the sella turcica on cephalometric radiographs and the presence of dental abnormalities. (2) Methods: The search was conducted on 27 January 2021 in four search engines: Medline (PubMed Central), Scopus, Web of Science, Embase. The keywords used in the search strategy were as follows: \u201csella turcica\u201d AND (\u201cdental abnormalities\u201d OR \u201cdental anomalies\u201d OR \u201cmalocclusion\u201d). Since all the studies finally included were retrospective case\u2013control studies, the Newcastle\u2013Ottawa Quality Assessment Form for Case\u2013Control Studies was applied. (3) Results: The search strategy identified 465 articles: 289 from PubMed, 121 from Scopus, 32 from Web of Science and 23 from Embase. Finally, 10 full-text papers were included into qualitative analysis. (4) Conclusions: Sella turcica bridging is very frequent among orthodontic patients. A clear association exists between dental abnormalities and sella turcica bridging.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18094456","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,22]],"date-time":"2021-04-22T13:59:14Z","timestamp":1619099954000},"page":"4456","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Sella Turcica Morphology on Cephalometric Radiographs and Dental Abnormalities\u2014Is There Any Association?\u2014Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Tomasz","family":"Jankowski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Private Practice Dental Clinic Jankowscy, 68-200 \u017bary, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3446-6119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maciej","family":"Jedli\u0144ski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1468-4664","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Grocholewicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4374-2568","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joanna","family":"Janiszewska-Olszowska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"575","DOI":"10.1007\/s11102-014-0609-2","article-title":"Sella turcica: An anatomical, endocrinological, and historical perspective","volume":"18","author":"Tekiner","year":"2015","journal-title":"Pituitary"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"571","article-title":"Sella turcica-Its importance in orthodontics and craniofacial morphology","volume":"10","author":"Sathyanarayana","year":"2013","journal-title":"Dent. 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