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Lateral cephalometric radiograghs; skeletal types; Thai orthodontic patients; upper airway dimensions
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A Comparison Of Upper Airway Dimensions In A Group Of Thai Orthodontic Patients With Different Skeletal Types, Bancha Pornsuksiri, Chintana Sirichompun, Soontra Panmekiate
A Comparison Of Upper Airway Dimensions In A Group Of Thai Orthodontic Patients With Different Skeletal Types, Bancha Pornsuksiri, Chintana Sirichompun, Soontra Panmekiate
Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal
Objective To obtain mean and compare upper airway dimensions in a group of Thai orthodontic patients with different skeletal types. Materials and methods Lateral cephalometric radiograghs of 327 patients, aged 16-40 years, treated in the Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University were divided into two groups. Group 1 was a normal bite group; 167 patients, which were divided into three subgroups: skeletal Class I, II and III. Group 2 was a skeletal Class I group; 152 patients, which were divided into 3 subgroups: skeletal deep bite, normal bite and open bite. Upper airway dimensions were measured with INFINITT program …