Risk factors for small pharyngeal airway dimensions in preorthodontic children: A three-dimensional study.

CONCLUSION: Pharyngeal airway dimensions were significantly associated with age, skeletal maturity, and craniofacial morphology in all three planes. Children with a reduced mandibular width and increased sagittal jaw relationship are particularly at risk of having small pharyngeal airway dimensions. PMID: 27304232 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27304232?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - June 14, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Anandarajah S, Dudhia R, Sandham A, Sonnesen L Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research