Open AccessMorphological comparison of cervical vertebrae in adult females with different sagittal craniofacial patterns: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Özlem Alkan,
Cihan Aydoğan,
Sevil Akkaya
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.188409
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical vertebrae , sagittal plane , craniofacial , body height , orthodontics , anatomy , radiography , body weight , surgery , psychiatry
Cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) methods have gained popularity to assess growth and development status for orthodontic patients. Although craniofacial and craniocervical structures are known to be associated, there is no evidence in the literature if this relation might negatively affect the accuracy of CVM assessments. Therefore, this study aimed to comparatively investigate the sizes of the 2(nd), 3(rd), and 4(th) cervical vertebrae in adult females (radius union stage of skeletal maturity) who have different sagittal skeletal patterns.