Three-dimensional analysis of upper airway morphology in skeletal Class III patients with and without mandibular asymmetry.

CONCLUSIONS: In Class III subjects with severe mandibular asymmetry, the pharyngeal airway showed a tendency toward constriction and presented a more elliptical shape as mandibular deviation became more severe (P < .01).
PMID: 28418700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - April 18, 2017 Category: Dentistry Authors: Wen X, Wang X, Qin S, Franchi L, Gu Y Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research