“…It might be nore appnopriate to consider a longer time period to delermine if these forces balance out. Lear and Moorrees (1969) Edwards (1968Edwards ( ,1970, Boese (1969), Brain (1969) Gardiner (1960), to which case reports have been added by Shear (1956), Pettenson (1961), Briggs (1965), Magnusson (1972) ana Kuroda and Ohyama (1981 (1949), Gardiner (1960), Briggs (1965) and Magnusson (1972) (1962) where lymphangioma of the tongue produced a marked spacing of bhe anterior teeth. Brodie (1952Brodie ( , 1971 Graber (1966) and Hovell (1955Hovell ( , 1962 described the clinical effects of nacroglossia which were proelination of the incisors, with spacing and increased arch widbh.…”