Open AccessCorrelation of soft palate morphology to growth pattern: A retrospective cephalometric study
Author(s) -
Poonam K Jayaprakash,
Palash Modi,
Pranav Sapawat,
RudraPratap Singh Thakur,
Tanuj Choudhari,
Jayant Chandrakar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_322_19
Subject(s) - soft palate , medicine , pharynx , malocclusion , cephalometry , radiography , soft tissue , dentistry , orthodontics , velopharyngeal insufficiency , significant difference , anatomy , surgery
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the radiographic length of velum (LV), width of velum (WV), velum angle (AV), depth of pharynx (PD), Need's ratio (NR), inclination angle (AI) in different morphological types of soft palate according to growth patterns in skeletal class I individuals.