Open AccessRelationship of the airway size to the mandible distance in Chinese skeletal Class I and Class II adults with normal vertical facial pattern
Author(s) -
Alqassam Firwana,
Hua Wang,
Lian Sun,
Jialu Wang,
Weibing Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_526_18
Subject(s) - airway , cone beam computed tomography , medicine , pharynx , correlation , nuclear medicine , dentistry , orthodontics , computed tomography , anatomy , mathematics , geometry , surgery
This study aims to evaluate the pharyngeal airway dimensions among Chinese adults in relation to Class I and Class II facial skeletal patterns using three-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images.