Bravo F, Navarrete A, Niño A, Rodríguez E, Ardila CM, Guzmán CL

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Background: changes in the normal function of the airway during the active process of facial growth may have a significant influence on its development.
Objective: to present the usefulness of the airway assessment by cone beam computed tomography.
Method: images of 250 women and 128 men through the Sidexis program for Galileans were reviewed. The selection of areas to be measured was determined by the coordinates that pass through the nasopalatine canal in the sagittal plane and interproximal area of the upper central incisors in the coronal plane.
Results: a moderate negative correlation, but statistically significant between patient´s age and airway area in both sexes was found. There was a moderate positive correlation, statistically significant between the length of the velum palatinum and the age in both sexes. A correlation of transverse area and length of the soft palate was also showed.
Conclusions: cone beam computed tomography provides a reliable threedimensional image of the spatial relationship between the teeth, face and their surrounding anatomical structures allowing adequate assessment of tissues.

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