The Correlation Between Head and Face, and Dental Arch of Children with Congenital Rubella Syndrome

epidemic proportions in Okinawa. It affected pregnant mothers who gave birth to children with defected hearts, eyes, hearing, insufficient body weight at birth, bone growth, central nervous system, microcephalia, micrognathia, etc.. Since then, the actual conditions of the congenital rubella syndrome in Okinawa have been investigated by many investigator. However, there is no detailed report on the microcephalia ancl micrognathia, which are defects involved in the congenital rubella syndrome. The authors reported in previous research on the somatological measurement of the head and face of children, aged 12 years old, with congenital rubella syndrome. The conclusion of the above report was that the children with congenital rubella syndrome were smaller than the normal control children with statistical significance, especially