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New insights on age‐related association between nasopharyngeal airway clearance and facial morphology
Author(s) -
Macari A. T.,
Bitar M. A.,
Ghafari J. G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
orthodontics and craniofacial research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1601-6343
pISSN - 1601-6335
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-6343.2012.01540.x
Subject(s) - adenoid hypertrophy , medicine , cephalogram , airway , dentistry , otorhinolaryngology , adenoid , population , orthodontics , adenoidectomy , tonsillectomy , molar , surgery , overbite , environmental health
Macari A. T., Bitar M.A., Ghafari J.G. New insights on age‐related association between nasopharyngeal airway clearance and facial morphology
Orthod Craniofac Res 2012; 15 :188–197. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S Structured Abstract Objectives – To evaluate the relation between adenoid hypertrophy and facial morphology across age in a pediatric population. Setting and Sample Population – The American University of Beirut Department of Otolaryngology. Two‐hundred consecutive children (age 6.00 ± 2.62 years) referred from the Pediatric Otolaryngology unit to the Orthodontic division and requiring a lateral cephalogram for adenoid hypertrophy assessment. Methods – Cephalometric measurements included relations among cranial base, maxilla and mandible, and airway clearance measured from adenoid to soft palate (AD). The children were classified into two age groups, Group 1: ≤ 6 years (n = 124) and Group 2: ≥ 6.01 years (n = 76), and also stratified in four subgroups (A, B, C, D) based on maxillo‐mandibular divergence (palatal to mandibular plane angle, PP‐MP): A‐ PP‐MP ≤ 27.5°, n = 34; B‐ 27.5° < PP‐MP ≤ 32°, n = 68; C‐ 32°