Facial features of patients with sickle cell anemia.

Objective: To characterize the craniofacial features of patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA).

Materials And Methods: Fifty patients with SCA in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil, were evaluated using standardized photographs (front and profile) for a subjective facial analysis and digital radiographs for a computerized cephalometric analysis. To obtain linear and angular measurements, cephalometric points were marked on the digital images by a single examiner, using the program Radiocef 6.