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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"pharyngeal airway"”.
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A CBCT Study of Pharyngeal Airway Changes Due to Fixed Functional Appliances
… volumetric, area, and linear changes of the pharyngeal airway space in patients treated with a MARA or Herbst Class II correction appliances. Materials and Methods: Twenty-six patients treated with a MARA (mean age 13.2), nine with a Herbst (mean age 12.12) , and a control group twenty-five …
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Changes in Pharyngeal Airway Dimensions Due to MARA Treatment in Class II Malocclusions
<p>Orthodontic treatment effects on the pharyngeal airway have recently become a hot topic in the field of orthodontics. Current literature has shown facial skeletal morphology to be correlated with pharyngeal airway shape and volume. This study used CBCT imaging to identify what, if any, effects …
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Effects of Class Ⅲ Horseshoe Appliance on Pharyngeal Airway Space and Tongue Position
… the orthopedic appliances cause the change of airway dimensions. The purpose of this study is was to investigate the effect of Class III horseshoe appliance on the airway dimension and the tongue position. The cephalograms of 20 children treated using Class III horseshoe appliance were taken at …
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A Retrospective Study On The Change Of Pharyngea Airway Space And Hyoid Bone Position After Mandibular Setback Surgery
… of this study was to evaluate the change of pharyngeal airway space and hyoid bone position after mandibular set back surgery with BSSRO and also to analyse the correlation of the amount of mandibular set back and the amount of change of pharyngeal airway space or hyoid bone position. Lateral …
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A Retrospective Lateral Cephalometric Growth Study of Sagittal Airway Changes
… examined the average sagittal dimensions in the pharyngeal airway from skeletal and dental Class I males and females from 7 to 16 years of age utilizing longitudinal data from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation Craniofacial Growth Legacy Collection. The study evaluated whether …
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Increased Inflammatory Gene Expression in Masseter Muscle of an Orthognathic Surgery Subject with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
… cessations accompanied by a collapse of the pharyngeal airway. Co-morbid conditions include obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and in some cases, retrognathia and muscle dysfunction. The latter two conditions may prompt orthognathic correction. Past investigations have shown a genetic …
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A Retrospective Cephalometric Growth Study of Sagittal Airway in Skeletal Class II Patients
… retrospectively determined the average sagittal pharyngeal airway widths in Class II males and females between 7 to 16 years of age and changes in sagittal airway with increasing age. Additionally, this study determined whether average airway differs between gender at each age and compared the …