多年以来颅面生长发育是否受到鼻呼吸功能的影响一直是正畸医生、耳鼻喉医生和研究变态反应学者有争论的问题，有不同见解的原因是在分析鼻阻塞和呼吸时所用的定义有误，或在判断口呼吸时的标准不同，并与如何定量表示鼻呼吸功能有关［１］。我们现对此问题的近年进展作一简要 Whether or not cranial facial growth has been affected by nasal respiratory function over the years has been a matter of debate among orthodontists, otolaryngologists, and research allergy sufferers, with differing sources of insight being the erroneous definition used in the analysis of nasal obstruction and respiration , Or in determining the oral breath when the standard is different, and how to quantitatively indicate nasal respiratory function [1]. We now give a brief summary of recent progress in this issue